English · Ancient Civilizations
Expressing concession
Although, though, even though, despite and in spite of, joining a limitation to an achievement
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Concession connectors: although/though/even though/despite/in spite of
The method
- Despite/in spite of + noun/gerund; although/though + clause — the classic swap error
The common mistakes
- Using 'despite' directly before a full clause without 'the fact that'
From the lesson
Ancient Egypt had no iron tools and no pulleys to lift heavy stone. Yet its builders raised the Great Pyramid of Giza, originally about 146 metres tall.
The vocabulary
- although (رغم أن)
- despite (بالرغم من)
What is not on the syllabus
- Conditional connectors (treated in later units)
- Time-relation connectors (next concept)