Expressing concession — understand and recognise

Expressing concession: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: but-opposition-produirePass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will identify and explain “Expressing concession” in new examples.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Expressing concession — understand and recognise” as sentences you could genuinely hear or use. What links the ideas?

3. Understand

Concession links two ideas that appear to conflict: an obstacle exists, but it does not prevent the main fact. First identify the obstacle, then the result that still happens.

Même s’il pleut, nous irons au marché.Bien qu’il soit fatigué, il termine son rapport.Elle est sortie malgré le froid.Il a accepté, même si la proposition était risquée.Quoique le délai soit court, l’équipe avance.Malgré les retards, le train est arrivé.

Watch out

First identify the relation between the ideas: cause, consequence, contrast, condition, time… Choose the connector from the meaning, not the other way around.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three personal sentences where the target structure genuinely helps express your meaning. Change the context each time.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

For concession, identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Expressing concession” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.