Master your Linking Words knowledge – although, even though, despite and in spite of – 97 interactive tests with answers

“Although” is used to link parts of a sentence that contrast, as in “Although it was a sunny day, we decided to stay indoors”. This means the same as the sentence “It was a sunny day but we decided to stay indoors” but has the linking word attached to a different part of the sentence. “Although” often comes at the beginning of the sentence, but such sentences can also be rearranged to have “although” in the middle, as in “We decided to stay indoors although it was a sunny day”.

“Even though” is a stronger form of “although”, used when the breaking of logical expectations is more surprising, as in “Even though the fire was surrounding his house, he refused to leave”. “Even though” can always be replaced by “Although”, but because “even though” is stronger, it often makes the sentence more interesting to hear or read. “Even though” doesn’t work in more boring sentences like “Although I had two apples, I only ate one”.

“In spite of” and “despite” have the same concessive meaning and same position in the sentence as “although”, but are followed by noun, -ing forms and/ or object pronouns. For example, “Despite (him) being the world champion, he only came in tenth” can easily be rewritten as “Although he was the world champion, he only came in tenth”.

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