Martin has been on holiday. Complete what he tells his friends about it by putting insuitable adverbs of degree. Sometimes more than one adverb is suitable in a gap.1 The weather was ----- nice but it...

It is often said that the British talk about the weather more than any other people in the world; some extremists (1.)___ argue___ that they talk about nothing else. But in fact, even in countries with (2.)__ much____ less changeable climates than Britain’s, the weather is an endless, if not varied, (3.)__ opening____ of conversational fodder. This seems only natural when you consider that the weather is one of the few things we all have in (4.)__ common____. It affects our senses, and (5.)__ even____ our moods, so directly and, at times, so intensely (6.)___ that___ it is only natural we should talk about it. After several days (7.)___ or___ even weeks of dark, gloomy weather, a bright day tends to bring out the best in everyone; people recognize the relief (8.)___in___ others’ expressions which they feel inside themselves, and find it hard to resist commenting a change which is having such an evident (9.)___ effect___ on everyone. “Nice day, isn’t it?” is much more than simply a comment on the state of the weather; it is a comment on the human state itself, an acknowledgement that the tenability of our place in the universe depends

(10.)____on__ the existence of a community of human feeling

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I, Fill in the gap with although/even though or in spite of/despite . 1. ...Although / Even though... we were late, we caught the bus. 2. The plate broke, ......................... it landed on the carpet. 3. .............................. her rudeness, she's actually a nice person. 4. They didn't find the ring ........................ looking everywhere for It. 5. He's got grey hair ............................. he's only twenty-five. 6. He wasn't wearing a coat...

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I, Fill in the gap with although/even though or in spite of/despite .

1. ...Although / Even though... we were late, we caught the bus.

2. The plate broke, ......................... it landed on the carpet.

3. .............................. her rudeness, she's actually a nice person.

4. They didn't find the ring ........................ looking everywhere for It.

5. He's got grey hair ............................. he's only twenty-five.

6. He wasn't wearing a coat .............................. the cold weather.

7. ................................ being old, my grandmother loves playing tennis.

II. Complete the sentences.

1. They like going on holiday, but they don't like flying. Although they ...like going on holiday, they don’t like flying...
2. The car is old. but it's in good condition. Though the car ............................................................... . 3. It was snowing, but we went out for a walk.
In spite of the fact ............................................................

4. Danny is tall, but Sandra is shot . Danny is tall. However, ....................................................

5. It was a hot day, but he wore a warm coat . Although it .........................................................................

6. Bill was busy. He helped me with my homework . Even though Bill was ........................................................

7. She fell over, but she didn't hurt herself . Despite falling ...................................................................

III. Complete the article. Use but, although or however.

Bill Gates became interested in computers at school (0) ...although... in those days they weren't very common. When he left school, he went to Harvard University to study law. (1) ........... , he spent most of his time in the computer centre. In 1975, he and his friend Paul Allen successfully wrote a software program for the first microcomputer, an Altair, (2) .................. they didn't even have one.

Gates was top of his class at Harvard, (3) .................. he left without finishing his degree. Then he and Allen started Microsoft. In the 1990s, the US government wanted to break up Microsoft because they said the company was a monopoly. Gates was able to stop them, (4) .................... . Today Gates is a billionaire, (5).......................... he also gives millions of dollars to charity .

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