Expressing concession — practise in context

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

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: concession-comprendrePass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Expressing concession” without copying the model.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Expressing concession — practise in context” as sentences you could genuinely hear or use. What links the ideas?

3. Understand

To practise concession, check that the two parts would normally pull in opposite directions. If the second idea still happens despite the first, a concessive link is appropriate.

Même si le prix augmente, je garde cet abonnement.Bien qu’elle connaisse peu la ville, elle se déplace seule.Il continue à courir malgré la douleur.Même si tu n’es pas d’accord, écoute jusqu’au bout.Malgré un départ tardif, nous sommes arrivés à l’heure.Quoique ce soit compliqué, la solution existe.

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.