1 / 10

CONTRASTS

CONTRASTS. ALTHOUGH THOUGH EVEN THOUGH EVEN IF WHILE WHILST WHEREAS. ALTHOUGH - THOUGH. ALTHOGH/THOUGH Reid failed the score himself , he helped Jones to score two goals . DESPITE THE FACT THAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT DESPITE + ING IN SPITE OF + ING. EXAMPLES.

kiefer
Download Presentation

CONTRASTS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CONTRASTS ALTHOUGH THOUGH EVEN THOUGH EVEN IF WHILE WHILST WHEREAS

  2. ALTHOUGH - THOUGH • ALTHOGH/THOUGHReidfailedthe score himself, he helped Jones to score twogoals. • DESPITE THE FACT THAT • IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT • DESPITE + ING • IN SPITE OF + ING

  3. EXAMPLES • ALTHOUGH IT RAINED a lot, weenjoyedourholiday. • IN SPITE OF THE RAIN, weenjoyedourholiday. • I didn´tgetthejobALTHOUGH I HAD allthenecessaryqualifications. • I didn´tgetthejobIN SPITE OF HAVING allthenecessaryqualifications. • I didn´tgetthejobIN SPITE THE FACT THAT I hadallthenecessaryqualifications. • Shewasn´twell, butIN SPITE OF THIS shewenttowork. • IN SPITE OF WHAT I saidyesterday, I stillloveyou. • ALTHOUGH THE TRAFFIC WAS bad, I arrivedon time. • IN SPITE OF THE TRAFFIC, I arrivedon time. • I couldn´tsleepALTHOUGH I WAS verytired. • Icouldn´tsleepDESPITE BEING verytired. • I eatmostdairyproducts. I´mnotkeenon yogurt, THOUGH. • Thehouseisn´tverynice. I likethegardenTHOUGH. • I seehimeveryday. I´veneverspokentohimTHOUGH.

  4. ADJECTIVE + THOUGH + NOUN/PRONOUN + VERB • HOT THOUGH THE NIGHT AIR WAS, theysleptsoundly. • ALTHOUGH/THOUGHthenight air WAShot, theysleptsoundly. • LINKING VERBS: • APPEAR • BE • BECOME • FEEL • LOOK • SEEM • SOUND • IMPROVE

  5. EVEN THOUGH and EVEN IF • EVEN THOUGH Tom doesn´tspeakSpanish, I think he shouldstillvisit Madrid. • EVEN IF Tom doesn´tspeakSpanish, I think he shouldstillvisit Madrid. • EVEN IF I onlyplayone match for my country, I´llbehappy. • EVEN THOUGH I´m quite old, I still miss my parents.

  6. WHILE, WHILST and WHEREAS • WHILE or WHILST • WHILE/WHILST thereis no evidencethat Peter cheated, wewereallastonishedthat he passedtheexam. • The diesel model of the car, WHILE/WHILST more expensive, isbettervalueformoney. • WHILE or WHEREAS • Davegetslots of homeworkfromschool, WHEREAS/WHILESuegetsverylittle. • WHILE/WHEREAS I alwaysfelt I wouldpasstheexam, I neverthought I wouldgetan A grade.

  7. -ING, PAST PARTICIPLE CLAUSES and CLAUSES WITH THE SUBJECT AND VERB LEFT OUT AFTER: • ALTHOUGH, THOUGH, WHILE and WHILST • ALTHOUGH nothuge, thegardenneedsconstantattention. • WHILEwelcomingthegovernment´s new fundingforthehealthservice, doctors are stillunhappyaboutworkingconditions. • Somewriters, WHILSTconvincedthatHemingsonsupportedtherebels, havequestionedhowinvolved he was in thefighting.

  8. CONNECTING IDEAS IN A SENTENCE AND BETWEEN SENTENCES • SENTENCE CONNECTORS • CONJUNCTIONS

  9. SOURCES • Hewings, Martin (2005). AdvancedGrammar In Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University • Murphy, Raymond (1994). EnglishGrammar In Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University

More Related