Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
____________, I don’t think he’ll win the competition.
A. Intelligent though he is 
B. Though intelligent he is
C. Even though intelligent is he 
D. Intelligent although is he

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
For a more effective ad campaign, we need ___________ a new product ___________ a new director. 
A. either - or                
B. neither - nor
C. both - and               
D. so - as

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Christopher Columbus _______________ America more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered            
B. has discovered 
C. had discovered               
D. had been discovering

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The rain ____________________. Come out, I want to speak to you. 
A. stops           
B. stopped                
C. has stopped                
D. is stopping

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
We were very much surprised. We were ___________ surprised.
A. more  
B. many  
C. most 
D.  the most

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He doesn't catch anything. He never catches _____________________.
 
A. nothing             
B. anything             
C. something               
D. everything

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Some of the students began to fall asleep _____________ the lecture was boring and irrelevant.
 
A. as                      
B. due to                  
C. because of                   
D. on account of

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Poachers deserve strict ________________ for what damage they have caused to wildlife. 
A. estimation                     
B. award                      
C. location                         
D. punishment

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
We started our journey ___________ foot. 
A. with  
B. by  
C. on  
D. in

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
A _____________________ few the test. 
A. have failed           
B. has failed               
C. is failing                
D. failing