Although - conjunction

​Although
/ɑːlˈðoʊ/
conjunction

​By the end of today's lesson, you'll be better able to understand and use the conjunction word although

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"​Last year Marianne and John spent their vacation at the beach.
It rained a lot, but they enjoyed themselves."

​​Study this example situation:

"​Last year Marianne and John spent their vacation at the beach.
Although It rained a lot, they enjoyed themselves."

​​You can say:

Although
expresses an unexpected or opposite result.

​​but
though
while
in spite of

source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/although

Examples:
"Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our vacation."
"I didn't get the job, although I was extremely qualified."

After although we use:
subject + verb

Match

Match the halves to make correct sentences.

• Although he has a very important job,

• Although I had never seen her before,

• Although I didn't speak the language,

• Although the heat was on,

he isn't particularly well paid.

I recognized her from a photo.

I managed to make myself understood.

the room wasn't very warm.

• he isn't particularly well paid.

• I recognized her from a photo.

• I managed to make myself understood.

• the room wasn't very warm.

Match

Match the halves to make correct sentences.

• although it was pretty cold.

• although we don't like them very much.

• although I'd met her twice before.

• although we've known each other for a long time.

She wasn't wearing a coat

We thought we'd better invite them to the party

I didn't recognize her

We're not very good friends

• She wasn't wearing a coat

• We thought we'd better invite them to the party

• I didn't recognize her

• We're not very good friends

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"My foot was injured. I managed to walk to the nearest town."

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"It rained a lot. We enjoyed our vacation."

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"We had planned everything carefully. A lot of things went wrong"

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"I went to work this morning. I was feeling sick."

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"The salary was rather low. She accepted the job. "

Open Ended

Make one sentence from two. Make sure to use although

"There was a lot of noise. I managed to get to sleep. "

Open Ended

Use your own ideas to complete the following sentences:

"He passed the exam although... "

Open Ended

Use your own ideas to complete the following sentences:

"I didn't eat anything although... "

​Congratulations
for
finishing
your practice!