106 concessive clauses and phrases

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Choose the correctoption.

We use concessiveclauses

and phrases to showopposite/equivalent

ideas or

predictable/unexpected

Answer: opposite,

unexpected.


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Bu t

( c o o r d in a t in g

c o n j u c t io n )

They support diferent political parties, but they still respect each other.

They still get on well together but theyo ten argue about politics.


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v e n t h o u g h (e ! p h a t ic)

/Al t h o u g h / " h o u g h

( s u b o r d in a t in g c o n j u c t io n s ) # c la u s e

ven though/Although/"hough Tom

listens to hard rock, he seems to be aclam teen*.(*New merican slang or !"uiet boy#$

They o ten argue about musicalthough/though they are goodriends.

$ote % we can use though at the end o a sentence as anad&erb but not although or even though . '.g. % li&ed theC'. % didn(t bu) it* though .


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$ e v e r t h e le s s /h o w e v e r/n o

n e t h e le s s/e v e n s o

(c o n j u c t i v e a d v e r b s )

# c la u s e

he said she didn+t want to go to theconcert. venso/-owever/$evertheless/$onetheless , she may change her mind.

$ote % the our con-uncti&e ad&erbs, even so is the leastormal and nonetheless is the most ormal. e occasionallyput them at the end o the sentence, like though% he listenedpolitely to my speech she didn+t &ote or me, however .


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00000000000000000 the rain they

decided to go to the concert thatnight.

%n spite

o+/'espite


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000000000000000 1elia couldn+t aford to buy

a piano, she still looked orward to ha&inglessons one day.

Although/"h

ough


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0000000000000000 the act that she pre ers

hea&y metal bands, 2ulia surprisingly agreedto accompany us to the opera.

'espite/%n

spite o+


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3e&in and /aul o ten argue about sport and

music 0000 they are still good riends. (4se acoordinating con-unction.$

bu

t


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5ost teens aren+t willing to learn music.

00000000000000000000000000000000000000, mosto them see music as a great orm o sel 6expression.

venso/-owever/$evertheless/$onetheless


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0000000000000000 pop music remains

popular, some teenagers pre er hea&iermusic or the so called indie pop bands.

Although/"ho

ugh


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) lo&e 7ady 8aga9 ) won+t be going to

her concert, 0000000000000000000000.though/however/even so

$ote: nevertheless and nonetheless are too ormal orthis context.


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00000000000000000000000000 ) would lo&e to buy

the latest 1: by my a&ourite band, ) can+taford it right now9

ven

though/Although/"hough


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00000000000000000000000000 ) stopped

buying music a long time ago, ) keeplistening to all the latest sounds on thestreaming music websites.

ven

though/Although/"hough


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ophia has a lo&ely singing &oice

000000000000000 she is not interested intaking up music as a career.

however/eve

n so

$ote: nevertheless and nonetheless , though possible, are rarely used ine&eryday con&ersation.


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