Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Grammar · hard
Choose the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence: " the heavy traffic, we arrived on time."
- Although
- Despite
- In spite
- Even though
Answer
B. Despite
Solution
A noun phrase follows "despite"; "although" and "even though" need a clause, and "in spite" needs "of."
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