1. ADVERB OF CONCESSION
In Spite of & Despite

2. Although & In spite of
• Although
• Though + A CLAUSE
• Even though
• In spite of a noun
• Despite + a pronoun / v-ing

3. Example: sentences with
“although” & “in spite of”
• 1. Although it was raining heavily, they
went for a picnic.
• In spite of the heavy rain, they went for a
picnic.
• 2. Although the weather was fine, they
stayed indoors.
• In spite of the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.

4. Formation of a NOUN(N).
• E.g. It is raining. (the rain)
• 1. His health is poor.
• N. his poor health.
• 2. The house is on fire.
• N. the fire
• 3. It was raining heavily.
• N. the heavy rain

5. More Nouns
• 4. The weather was fine.
• N. the fine weather
• 5. She failed to win.
• N. her failure.
• 6. Her marks were low.
• N. her low marks.
• 7. He works very hard.
• N. his hard work

6. Change the sentences with
“although” to those with “in spite
of”
• 1. Although the weather is cold, they go
swimming.
• In spite of the cold weather, they go
swimming.
• 2. Although it is raining heavily, they go on
a picnic.
• In spite of the heavy rain, they go on a
picnic.

7. GAME: Rewriting Sentences
• 1. Although it was raining, they went
swimming.
• In spite of the rain, they went swimming.
• 2. Although there is a fire, the woman went
into the building.
• In spite of the fire, the woman went into the
building.

8. More “in spite of”
• 3. He tried again although he failed in the
driving test.
• He tried again in spite of his failure in the
driving test.
• 4. She did not feel sad though her marks
were low.
• She did not feel sad in spite of her low
marks.

9. “In spite of” and “Despite”
• “In spite of” and “Despite” are the same in
usage.
• That is: you can either use “in spite of” or
“despite” to present the same meaning.
• E.g. In spite of the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.
• Despite the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.

10. Examples on using “despite”
• 1. They failed despite their hard work.
• They failed in spite of their hard work.
• 2. In spite of the heavy rain, they went on a
picnic.
• Despite the heavy rain, they went on a
picnic.

11. Exercise
• Rearrange the words or phrases into correct
sentences.
• The sentences are mixed with “although”,
“though”, “even though”, “in spite of” &
“despite”

12. Prepared by
Münevver ÇELEBİ

13. Exercise
• 1. it /went /was /raining/ Although/ heavily/,/ they/
a/ picnic /for/./
• 2. beautiful/ failed/ Though/ love/ she/ is/,/ she/ to/
the/ prince’s/ win/./
• 3. Though/ Even/ they/ eat/ were/, /the/ they/ did/
not/ hungry/ cake/./
• 4. In/ the/ classroom/ of/ the/ bad/,/ they/ spite/
stayed/ smell/ in/./
• 5. bad/ the/ eggs/ taste/,/ they/ eat/ Despite/ all/
the/./

14. CHECKING YOUR WORK
• 1. Although it was raining heavily, they went on a
picnic.
• 2. Though she is beautiful, she failed to win the
prince’s love.
• 3. Even though they were hungry, they did not eat
the cake.
• 4. In spite of the bad smell, they stayed in the
classroom.
• 5. Despite the bad taste, they ate all the eggs.

15. CONCLUSION
• 1. Although, Though & Even though + a
clause (Subject + Verb)
• 2. In spite of & Despite + a noun, a
pronoun/V-ing
• 3. In spite of & Despite are almost the same
in usage.
• END