LINKERS OF CONTRAST AND PURPOSE B2

LINKERS OF CONTRAST AND PURPOSE B2

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

• ALTHOUGH

• EVEN THOUGH =BOTH ARE MORE FORMAL THAT THOUGH

• THOUGH = AT THE END OF SENTENCES (AS THOUGHT)

• HOWEVER = MORE FORMAL THAN BUT (I like it. However, I´m not a big fan )

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

• DESPITE

• IN SPITE OF (BOTH HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH)

• WE USE A NOUN OR ING FORM AFTER BOTH

• WE PUT NOT BEFORE THE -ING FORM (DESPITE NOT HAVING MONEY, SHE MANAGED TO MAKE IT.

• USE BOTH + THE FACT THAT + CLAUSE

EXPRESSING PURPOSE

• IN ORDER TO AND SO THAT EXPRESS A PURPOSE

• BOTH ARE MORE FORMAL THAT TO AND SO

• IN ORDER TO IS FOLLOWED BY THE BASE FORM OF THE VERB

• SO THAT IS FOLLOWED BY A CLAUSE

• THE NEGATIVE FORM OF IN ORDER TO IS: IN ORDER NOT TO (I ALWAYS STUDY HARD IN ORDER NOT TO FAIL MY EXAMS :)

Multiple Choice

________HAVING REALLY MUSICAL PARENTS, I DIDN´T INHERIT THEIR TALENT.

• IN SPITE OF

• ALTHOUGH

• EVEN THOUGH

Multiple Select

DESPITE I DON´T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC. I LOVE BEETHOVEN.

• DESPITE NOT KNOWING..

• DESPITE THE FACT DON´T KNOW ..

• DEPITE THE FACT I DON´T KNOW

Multiple Choice

YOU NEED TO BE REALLY DETERMINED FOR TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A PERFORMER.

• IN ORDER FOR TO BE

• IN ORDER TO BE

Multiple Choice

MY BROTHER TALKED ME INTO GOING TO A CONCERT HOWEVER I DIDN´T ENJOYED IT.

• . HOWEVER,

• , HOWEVER,

Multiple Choice

I LIKE JAZZ. I REALLY DON´T LIKE FOLK MUSIC ____________.

• ALTHOUGH

• EVENTHOUGH

• THOUGH

Multiple Choice

WE SET OUT EARLY_________MISS THE START OF THE CONCERT.

• IN ORDER NOT TO

• SO THAT

• SO

Multiple Choice

IN SPITE OF I TAKE A COURSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, I STILL FEEL I DON´T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.

• IN SPITE OF I TAKING

• IN SPITE OF TAKED

• IN SPITE OF TAKING

Multiple Choice

I LOVE ADELE. I ´VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF HER CONCERTS _____.

• ALTHOUGH

• THOUGH

• EVEN THOUGH

Multiple Choice

I GAVE UP STUDYING ENGINEERING THAT I COULD DEVOTE MY TIME TO MUSIC.

• THAT SO

• SO THAT

• TO