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Signal Words: Harry Potter 3
Signal
words - exercise 3
"Signal words" give hints about what is about to
happen in what you're reading. Understanding them is a key
to comprehension. Reading and making up examples which use
them is a good way to understand them at whatever level of
abstraction astudent is prepared to comprehend.
Here's an exercise with one of the more difficult signal
words, despite.
Complete these sentences based on what you know from
reading Harry Potter (or, if you haven't read Harry Potter,
or you can't remember a detail, make something up that makes
sense!)
DESPITE
Examples: Despite the rain, the soccer match went
on as planned.
Despite his shyness, Ken was a good leader.
1. The spy escaped from prison despite
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2. Mark was still happy, despite ______________________________________________
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3. Despite having to carry 10 books, Kim _________________________
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4. Sean liked the dog despite having to _________________________________
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5. Maria ran two miles despite ____________________________________________________
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6. The clock still ticked, despite _______________________________________________
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7. Carla was still smiling, despite___________________________________________
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8. Despite the three-headed dog at the door, ______________________________________________
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9. Harry managed to get to work on time despite
10. Greg did not give up, despite ___________________________________________________________________________________
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