1. Despite the cold weather, we all went for a walk. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 2. Difficult as the homework was, we tried our best to complete it. (THOUGH) (IN SPITE OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 3. I tried to persuade her. I didn’t succeed, however. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 4. Even though we were tired, we got up early and started the trip. Tired______________________________________________________________________________ .  Although___________________________________________________________________________ . No matter how______________________________________________________________________ . 5. It was raining, but I went swimming anyway. (DESPITE)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 6. Though cold and exhausted, Andrew managed to walk home. However___________________________________________________________________________ . 7. I like fish, but I don’t like catching them myself. (MUCH AS)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 8. Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous.  Harmless___________________________________________________________________________ . 9. Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work. (REGARDLESS OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 10. We could not solve the problem of rubbish in spite of working hard.   Hard______________________________________________________________________________ . Work______________________________________________________________________________ .  No matter how______________________________________________________________________ . 11. I rang the doorbell. Nobody answered, though. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 12. Promptly as the doctors acted, they were unable to save the patient.  However___________________________________________________________________________ . 13. We expected Larry to accept the job, but he didn’t. (EVEN THOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 14. No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed.  Hard______________________________________________________________________________ . 15. Even though she hurried, she stopped to help the blind woman. (DESPITE)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 16. Though I tried hard, I could not persuade him to change his mind.  Try________________________________________________________________________________ . Hard______________________________________________________________________________ . However___________________________________________________________________________ . 17. Hard-working as he is, he will never be top of his class.  Although___________________________________________________________________________ .  Though____________________________________________________________________________ . 18. Although he is young, he has been to more than 30 countries in the world and gained a lot of experience.  Though____________________________________________________________________________ . 19. Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive. (NO MATTER HOW)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ . 20. Although she swam strongly, she didn’t win the first prize in the race.  In spite of_________________________________________________________________________ . Swim______________________________________________________________________________ . Strongly____________________________________________________________________________ .