Linking Words Exercises 1 In spite of being the market leader the company went bankrupt. bank rupt. (even though) 2 Although they don’t have a burglar alarm they’ve never been burgled. (despite) !he wasn"t very rich. !he gave money to the poor. (although) # Although I was late the boss wasn’t angry. angry. (despite) $ In spite of being the managing director he goes to work by bike. (even though) % &e has never worked for a newspaper' but he’s been hired all the same. (though) !he was very tired' but she nished the *ob. (in spite of) + ,ery little of the remaining stock sold' despite the low prices. (even though) - he ailing maga/ine tried introducing several new features. 0evertheless' circulation continued to drop. (although) 1 espite the fact that the critics hated it' Archer’s latest book was well received by the public. (although) 11 In spite of her insistence that all was well' I knew that something was wrong. (although) 12 &e’s intelligent but he does not study much. (however) 1 hey went to his o3ce. hey didn’t want to be heard. (so that) 1# &e left le ft early. early. &e wanted to arrive on time. tim e. (so that) 1$ 4ou can go out tonight. 4ou must tell us where you are going. (provided) 1% om doesn"t earn a big salary. 5ut if he did' he wouldn"t buy car. (even if) 1 ake ake a sandwich. here might be no restaurant there. (in case) 1+ here was a lot of noise. 6harlie managed to sleep. (despite) 1- !ue likes 7pera. 8oe prefers *a//. (whereas) 2 he weather was bad. hey en*oyed the trip. (even though) 21 &e had multiple in*uries. &e survived the accident. (nevertheless 9 conse:uently 9 furthermore) 22 ;obile phones are useful. !ome are complicated to use. (furthermore 9 on the other hand 9 for instance) 2 here are several negative points. he price is too high. (for e
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Although the critics hated it' Archer’s latest book was well received by the public. 11 In spite of her insistence that all was well' I knew that something was wrong. (although) 12 &e’s intelligent but he does not study much. (however) 1 hey went to his o3ce. hey didn’t want to be heard. (so that) 1# &e left early. &e wanted to arrive on time. (so that) 1$ 4ou can go out tonight. 4ou must tell us where you are going. (provided) 1% om doesn"t earn a big salary. 5ut if he did' he wouldn"t buy car. (even if) 1 ake a sandwich. here might be no restaurant there. (in case) 1+ here was a lot of noise. 6harlie managed to sleep. (despite) 1- !ue likes 7pera. 8oe prefers *a//. (whereas) 2 he weather was bad. hey en*oyed the trip. (even though) 21 &e had multiple in*uries. &e survived the accident. (nevertheless 9 conse:uently 9 furthermore) &e had multiple in*uries. 0evertheless' he survived the accident. &e had multiple in*uries> nevertheless' he survived the accident. 22 ;obile phones are useful. !ome are complicated to use. (furthermore 9 on the other hand 9 for instance) 2 here are several negative points. he price is too high. (for e
