Langue anglaise · Ancient Civilizations
Expressing concession
Although, though, even though, despite and in spite of, joining a limitation to an achievement
6 minutes
Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.
Ce que le programme attend de toi
- Concession connectors: although/though/even though/despite/in spite of
La méthode
- Despite/in spite of + noun/gerund; although/though + clause — the classic swap error
Les erreurs fréquentes
- Using 'despite' directly before a full clause without 'the fact that'
Extrait du cours
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.
Le vocabulaire
- although (رغم أن)
- despite (بالرغم من)
Ce qui n’est pas au programme
- Conditional connectors (treated in later units)
- Time-relation connectors (next concept)