LINKERS OF CONTRAST
Choose the correct option:
Despite / Although the rain, we went for a walk.
Answer: Despite the rain, we went for a walk.
Join the sentences using who:
The woman is my teacher. She is wearing a red coat.
Answer: The woman who is wearing a red coat is my teacher.
Make it indirect:
Where is the station?
Could you tell me ... ?
Answer:
Could you tell me where the station is?
Choose:
There are very (few / little) mistakes.
Answer: few
Complete:
If it rains, we ______ (stay) at home.
Answer: will stay
Fill in:
I enjoyed the movie, ________ it was very long.
Answer: although / even though / however
Join using whose:
I met a man. His car was stolen.
Answer: I met a man whose car was stolen.
Make it indirect:
What time does the class start?
Do you know ...?
Answer:
Do you know what time the class starts?
Fill in:
How ______ money do you have?
(many / much)
Answer: much
Rewrite:
I don’t have a car, so I can’t drive to work.
→ Use If…
Answer:
If I had a car, I would drive to work.
Rewrite using however without changing meaning:
The hotel was beautiful, but the service was terrible.
Answer:
The hotel was beautiful; however, the service was terrible.
Join using a non-defining relative clause:
London is a multicultural city. I lived there for two years.
Answer:
London, where I lived for two years, is a multicultural city.
Correct the question:
Can you tell me where is the supermarket?
Answer:
Can you tell me where the supermarket is?
Explain the difference:
few vs. a few — give an example.
Answer (expected):
few = almost none, negative meaning.
a few = some, positive meaning.
Complete:
If she ______ (study) harder, she ______ (pass) the exam.
Answer:
had studied / would have passed
Rewrite with in spite of:
Although she was tired, she finished the project.
Answer: In spite of being tired, she finished the project.
Choose the correct option and explain why:
The meeting, ____ lasted over three hours, was exhausting.
(which / that)
Answer: which — non-defining clauses cannot use that.
Transform:
Why did she leave early? → I’d like to know…
Answer:
I’d like to know why she left early.
Choose the correct phrase that fits grammatically:
I need ______ before I make a decision.
(a few advices / a piece of advice / an advice / many advices)
Answer:
a piece of advice
Complete:
If he hadn’t moved to Canada, he ______ (be) here now.
Answer:
would be
Transform using despite:
Even though he tried hard, he didn’t succeed.
Answer:
Despite the fact that he tried hard, he didn’t succeed.
Transform into a relative clause:
I met a dancer. You recommended her to me.
Answer:
I met the dancer (whom) you recommended to me.
Create an indirect question using wonder:
What should I do?
Answer:
I wonder what I should do.
Choose the correct meaning of “quite a few” in the sentence and explain why:
Sentence:
There were quite a few complaints after the event.
What does “quite a few” mean here?
A) a very small number
B) a moderate number
C) a large number
Correct Answer:
C) a large number.
Explanation:
Despite containing the word “few,” the phrase “quite a few” is an idiomatic expression meaning “a lot” or “a surprisingly large number.”
It has a positive, high quantity meaning.
Fill in:
If they ______ (not miss) the train, they ______ (arrive) on time.
Answer:
hadn’t missed / would have arrived