Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one
1. She was so busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.
A. Because she was very busy, she couldn’t answer the phone.
B. Because she was very busy, she could answer the phone.
C. Although she was very busy, she couldn’t answer the phone.
D. Although she was very busy, she could answer the phone.
2. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
A. Despite being intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
B. In spite he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
C. Although his intelligence, he does well at school.
D. In spite of intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
3. Although he was very tired, he kept on working.
A. Despite he was very tired, he kept on working.
B. In spite of very tired, he kept on working.
C. Though his tiredness, he kept on working.
D. He was very tired, but he kept on working.
4. Although his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
A. Despite his legs to be broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
B. Despite his broken legs, he was able to get out of the car before exploding.
C. Despite his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
D. Despite of his broken legs, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
5. We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.
A. Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed there.
B. We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.
C. Although the hotel was noisy, we stayed there.
D. Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.
6. Because of polluted water, a lot of fish has been killed in such a short time.
A. Because the water is pollution, a lot of fish has been killed in such a short time.
C. Because the water is polluted, a lot of fish has been killed in such a short time.
D. Because the water polluted, a lot of fish has been killed in such a short time.
7. Shirley was so angry that she didn’t say goodbye to anyone when she left.
A. Despite her anger, Shirley left without saying goodbye to anyone.
B. Because she was too angry to said goodbye to anyone when she left.
C. Due to her anger, Shirley left without saying goodbye to anyone.
D. Despite of her anger, Shirley left without saying goodbye to anyone.
8. They can’t work because they are old.
A. Because of their old age, they can’t work.
B. In spite of their old age, they can work.
C. Despite their old age, they still work.
D. Even though they work, they are old.
9. Despite the bad weather, people travel by air.
A. Even though the weather is bad, people travel by air.
B. As the weather is bad, people travel by air.
C. In spite of people travel by air, the weather is bad.
D. Though the bad weather, people travel by air.
10. The woman was too weak to lift the basket.
A. She was so weak that she couldn’t lift the basket.
B. The woman shouldn’t have lift the basket because she was so weak.
C. Although she was very weak, she could lift the basket.
D. The woman lift the basket, so she wasn’t very weak.
