10-Minute Challenge 07: Connectors

Choose the best option ‘although’, ‘despite’, ‘because’ or ‘because of’.

1. __________ it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.

2. __________ the rain, we enjoyed our holiday.

3. She wasn’t well, but__________this, she continued working.

4. __________ the traffic was bad, we arrived on time.

5. __________ the traffic, we arrived on time.

6. __________ the terrible traffic, we didn’t arrive on time.

7. We didn’t arrive on time__________the traffic was bad.

8. I didn’t get the job__________I had the necessary qualifications.

9. She got the job __________ her resourcefulness.

10. __________ being resourceful, she didn’t get the job.