35. They had spent millions of dollars on making the film. However, it wasn't as successful as they expected .

Vì việc làm phim đã diễn ra và hoàn thành ở quá khứ nên câu 1 dùng quá khứ hoàn thành

Câu 2 là cấu trúc so sánh ngang bằng:

S + ....+ as adj+ as + N/(S + V).

36. Despite the bad weather, he he went to school in time

Cấu trúc : despite + N, S +V:mặc dù.....

dùng in time: đến đúng giờ

35.They spent millions of dollars on makign the film. However, it wasn't as successful as expected

However: tuy nhiên ( mang nghĩa phủ định đối lập )

Cấu trúc: clause. Howerver+ clause  : tuy nhiên 

36. Despite the bad weather, he went to school on time.

Despite: mặc dù 

 Cấu trúc: Despite \(\left[ \begin{array}{l} + V_ing : cùng S\\+ N: khác S\end{array} \right.\)