Although, though, despite, in spite of, because and because of (b)

1. [Multiple choice]

……………… we’ve known each other a long time, we’ve never really become friends.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. Because of
• 2. In spite of
• 3. Although (correct)
• 4. Despite
• 5. Because

2. [Multiple choice]

……………… not speaking a word of Finnish, he managed to make himself understood.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. Though
• 2. In spite of (correct)
• 3. Because
• 4. Although
• 5. Because of

3. [Multiple choice]

Birds fly north in summer ……………… their need to spend long daylight hours finding food for their young.

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. though
• 2. because
• 3. in spite of
• 4. even though
• 5. because of (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

Many crops have been ruined this year ……………… the cold weather.

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. even though
• 2. despite
• 3. because
• 4. because of (correct)
• 5. although

5. [Multiple choice]

He accepted the redundancy package, ……………… colleagues had encouraged him not to.

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. because of
• 2. in spite
• 3. although (correct)
• 4. in spite of
• 5. because

6. [Multiple choice]

It was very cold indoors, ……………… the heating had been on for several hours.

(Did you remember that ‘even though’ is a slightly stronger version of ‘although’? The house should not have been cold, given that the heating had been on for quite some time.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. even though (correct)
• 2. despite
• 3. because
• 4. in spite of
• 5. because of

7. [Multiple choice]

They get on well, partly ……………… they’ve often worked together on various projects.

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. despite
• 2. because (correct)
• 3. although
• 4. though
• 5. because of

8. [Multiple choice]

He stayed here for several days. We didn’t talk much ……………… .

(Did you remember that ‘though’ at the end of a sentence is used meaning ‘but’? eg I’d love to go to the coast. I can’t go today, though. (= I’d love to go to the coast, but I can’t go today.))

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. because
• 2. though (correct)
• 3. in spite of
• 4. because of
• 5. although

9. [Multiple choice]

They only met in the first place ……………… a misunderstanding over what the lecture was actually about.

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. in spite of
• 2. because of (correct)
• 3. even though
• 4. because
• 5. despite

10. [Multiple choice]

He recognised her at once ……………… having not seen her for nearly fifty years.

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. despite (correct)
• 2. even though
• 3. because of
• 4. although
• 5. because

11. [Multiple choice]

Many harvests are down on last year’s ……………… the weather has been so wet.

(VB
to be down on – to be less than / inferior to
)

Answers for Quiz [11].

• 1. in spite of
• 2. because (correct)
• 3. even though
• 4. because of
• 5. although

12. [Multiple choice]

He was given promotion ……………… his commitment and ability.

Answers for Quiz [12].

• 1. in spite of
• 2. because
• 3. although
• 4. because of (correct)
• 5. despite