Question

Rewrite the following sentence according to the instructions given in brackets.
He is old but still he works hard.
(Begin: Despite _______.)
Note: Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence.

Answer 1

Hint: Despite means in spite or not being affected by something.

Complete step-by-step answer:

We need to frame the above-given statement in such a way that it expresses the idea- In spite of being old, he works hard. The old man’s work is not affected by his age.
The above statement has the following qualities:
a)‘He is old’ is an independent clause, as it has a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought.
b)‘Still, he works hard’ is a dependent clause, as it expresses an incomplete thought.
c)The conjunction ‘but’ is used to join the two clauses.
If we begin the sentence with ‘despite’, we need to put a ‘comma’ between the two clauses. And we will also eliminate the ‘still’ because both despite and still have the same meaning and usage.
Example- Despite being old, he works hard.
But you can also use the abstract noun of old- old age in the sentence.
Example- Despite old age, he works hard.
So, there can be two correct answers for the above-given statement.
1)Despite being old, he works hard.
2)Despite old age, he works hard.

Note: You can rewrite a sentence, without changing its meaning by adding words that more or less have the same meanings or functions.