Although the rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more.
*Error: Should be "Despite the rise in unemployment".
Despite he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
*Error: Should be "Despite having a good salary" or "Despite the fact that he had a good salary".
Although the time of the year, yesterday’s temperature was hot enough to turn on the air conditioning.
*Error: Should be "Despite the time of the year".
In spite of the quantity was small, we had enough supplies to finish the experiment.
*Error: Should be "In spite of the fact that the quantity was small" or "Despite the small quantity".
However she looks very young, she is twice as old as my twenty-year old sister.
*Error: Should be "Although she looks very young".
Despite of his smiling face, the second place contestant is sadder than the winner.
*Error: Should be "Despite his smiling face".
Gold was one of the first to be discovered despite it is one of the rarest metals.
*Error: Should be "despite its being one of the rarest metals".
Polar bears rarely kill people in spite they hunt other animals.
*Error: Should be "in spite of the fact that they hunt other animals" or "although they hunt other animals".
Even though the extremely bad weather in the mountain, the climbers decided not to cancel their climb.
*Error: Should be "Even though there was extremely bad weather in the mountain".
Although the harm of smoking, smokers can’t get rid it.
*Error: Should be "Although smoking is harmful".