Rewrite sentences using “ALTHOUGH”, “DESPITE”, “IN SPITE OF” 1. She didn’t eat much. She was hungry. 2. The plane took off. The weather was bad. 3. He is very strong. I’m not afraid of him. 4. We could do the test. It was very difficult. 5. Although it got dard, they continue to work. 6. She works very hard although she is old. 7. Despite the bad weather, we went out. 8. Though she is poor, she lived very happily.

`1.`In spite of being hungry, she didn’t eat much.

or She didn't eat much although she was hungry.

`2.`Despite the bad weather, the plane took off.

or Although the weather was bad, the plane took off.

`3.`In spite of his strenght, I'm not afraid of him.

or Although he is very strong, I'm not afraid of him.

`4.`We could do the test despite its difficulty.

or Although the test was very difficult, we could do it.

`5.`In spite of the darkness, they continued to work.

`6.`Despite her age, she works very hard.

or Despite ( her ) being old, she works very hard.

`7.`Although the weather was bad, we went out.

`8.`In spite of being poor, she lived very happily.

`*`Although `=`Though `=`Eventhough + S + V, S + V : Mặc dù....

`->`Khi chuyển từ Although về Despite/ In spite of, ta có 3 cách biến đổi như sau :

`C1` : Despite/ In spite of + Ving, S + V 

`=>`Dùng `C1` khi đồng chủ ngữ, ta bỏ S và chuyển V thành Ving

`C2` : Despite/ In spite of + his/her/my/...+ Adj + N, S + V

`=>`Dùng `C2` khi không đồng chủ ngữ nhưng có dạng danh từ

`C3` : Despite/ In spite of + the/ his/her/ our + N

`=>`Dùng `C3` khi không đồng chủ ngữ, không có dạng danh từ

`-`Khi viết lại từ Although về Despite/ In spite of mà có dạng : Although + there is/are + ...., S + V thì ta bỏ there is/are và giữ nguyên các vế còn lại.