Cách dùng:
|-"In spite of" và "Despite" (Mặc dù) là hai giới từ thể hiện sự tương
phản.
- Đứng đằng sau có thể là một danh từ (Noun), cụm danh từ (Noun
phrase), hoặc dộng từ dạng V-ing.
Có cách sử dụng đối ngược với cụm "Because of"

Cấu trúc:
* In spite of:
* Despite:

In spite of + N/NP/V-ing, S+V
S +V+ in spite of + N/NP/V-ing
Despite + N/NP/V-ing, S+V
S+V+ despite + N/NP/V-ing

Ex:
-In spite of being warned many times, those kids want to swim in that river.
= Those kids want to swim in that river in spite of being warned many times

Note:
Mặc dù cùng mang ý nghia là "Mặc dù" nhưng cấu trúc của giới từ "In spite of
và "Despite" khác với cấu trúc của liên từ "Although/ Even though/ though:
Although/ Even though+S1+V1....,S2 + V2.....
Hoặc: S2 +V2...... although/ even though ... S1+V1.....

*Cách chuyển đổi từ mệnh đề thành danh từ/ cụm danh từ.
Từ một mênh đế trạng ngữ có sử dụng liên từ, ta có thể chuyển đổi câu thành câu có chứa giới
từ + danh từ/ cụm danh từ.
ADVERB CLAUSE

=

Although it was cold

PREPOSITION + N/ V-ing
=

despite the cold

S V (noun)

(noun)

Because it was very noisy. =
S V

(adj)

Even though I was late
S V
 

despite the noise
(noun)

=
=

In spite of being late
(gerund)

1. Complete each second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first. Write no more than THREE words.

1. Although she loves maths, she has decided to become an English
teacher.
loving maths
→ In spite of ____________,
she has decided to become an English
teacher.
2. He studied hard, but he didn't pass the exam.
studying hard
→ Despite ____________,
he didn't pass the exam.
3. Even though he is lazy, he was given the job.
laziness
→ Despite his ____________,
he was given the job.
4. Although he is short, he has been accepted into the volleyball team.
→ Despite ____________,
he has been accepted into the volleyball
being short
team.
5. Even though she has poor health, she works twelve hours a day.
→ In spite of her ____________,
she works twelve hours a day
poor health

Bài 1: Complete sentence with: although/ despite/ in spite of ..
1. ...... we are a small company, we sell almost a hundred machines a month
2. ...........all the difficulties, the project started on time and was a success
3. ..........

we were warned against doing so, we went ahead with the project.

4. ................. his lack of experience, he became a successful businessman
5. .............being by far the oldest player, he scored three goals.
6. .......... he's a millionaire, he drives a second-hand car
7. ................

it rained a lot, I enjoyed the holiday

8. ..............working for the company for six months now, he never seems to know what to
do
9. ............my warnings, he went to Colombia.
10. ............... she didn't want to see The Lord of the Rings, she enjoyed it in the end.