英语语法问题？

Question

______ before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.
A． Though having never acted
B．As he had never acted
C． Despite he had never acted
D． In spite of his never having acted
这道题正确答案是D 我想问D中having acted是什么用法？ 是因为in spite of不能接句子变成动名词了还是跟时态有关系？

Answer 1

是的，你理解的正确。
in spide of 是介词词组。后面只能接名词。如果遇见动词，就要把该动词加ing，变成动名词。

第二个语言点是，动名词(还有现在分词，动词不定式)它们都还具有动词的部分特征，即它们还有时态和语态的变化。

having acted 是动名词的完成时态。