Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Practice #22 - Expressing Opposing Ideas - Exercises

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

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practice expressing opposing ideas

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0:00.0	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
0:03.5	Ready?
0:05.0	I love England the rainy weather.
0:10.0	I love England the rainy weather.
0:15.0	Despite. Despite.
0:23.6	Despite.
0:29.6	I love England despite the rainy weather.
0:32.6	I love England despite the rainy weather.
0:35.6	Despite is correct here because the first part of the sentence has a clause and the last
0:41.7	portion is just a noun phrase.
0:44.1	We cannot use even though before a noun phrase, so despite is the correct contrast linker.
0:52.3	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready?
0:56.0	I think basketball is fun. I like baseball better.
1:02.0	I think basketball is fun. I like baseball better.
1:08.0	While. While I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better.
1:24.6	While I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better. While I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better.
1:29.3	While is correct because it introduces a clause with the subject and a verb, showing contrast
1:35.3	between two complete ideas, in spite of cannot be followed by two clauses in this manner.
1:41.3	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
1:45.0	Ready.
1:47.0	My fishing trip was fun.
1:50.0	I didn't catch many fish.
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