Groundhog Day WK3
1. Who is Buster Green?
A. The old beggar Phil sees everyday.
B. The head Groundhog honcho.
C. The young man who works at the diner.
2. What did the old beggar die of?
A. A kind of chronic disease.
B. It was just his time.
C. Hunger.
3. According to Phil, when Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw .
A. a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope
B. winter slumbering in the open air wears on his smiling face a dream of spring
C. a winter cheerful and lustrous and full of hope
4. Phil: Standing here among the people pf Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, .
A. I swear I would love you for the rest of my life.
B. We must get lucky.
C. I couldn’t image a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.
5. Rita: Would you like to get a cup pf coffee?
Phil: I’d love to. ? I’ve got some errands I’ve got to run.
A. But I can’t.
B. Can I have a rain check?
C. May I check with you some other time?
6. Who is the “Guardian Angel of Punxsutawney”?
A. Phil Connors the weatherman.
B. Buster Green the head honcho.
C. The old beggar.
7. Which of the following is the “errand” Phil has to run?
A. To save a little boy who is falling off a tree.
B. To help three old women who’re having a flat tire.
C. Both of the above.
8. Phil: What I wanted to say was I think you’re in my life.
A. the kindest, sweetest, prettiest person that I’ve ever met
B. the kindest, sweetest, and most pretty person that I ever met
C. the kinder, sweeter, prettier person that I’ve ever met
9. Phil: I’ve never seen anyone .
A. that’s nice to people than you are.
B. that’s nicer to people than you have.
C. that’s nicer to people than you are.
10. Phil: I don’t deserve someone like you, but if , I swear
for the rest of my life.
A. I ever can ; I will love you
B. I ever could ; I would love you
C. I ever could ; I might love you
11. Phil: The first time I saw you, something happened to me. I never told you, but I knew that I wanted to .
A. hold you as hard as I could
B. hold you as possible as I could
C. hold you as hardly as I could.
12. Phil: Pastry, Larry? Take your pick.
A. Don’t be so picky!
B. Choose which one you’d like.
C. Choose the best ones from the group.
13. Phil: I was talking with Buster Green, the head Groundhog .
A. hunch
B. honcho
C. haunch
14. Nurse: Sir, are you the one who brought the old man in?
Phil: Mm-hmm. How is he?
Nurse: Well, he just passed away.
A. he just wanted me to give this thing to you.
B. he just went past the hospital.
C. he just died.
15. Phil: When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and
.
A. bereaved of hope
B. bereft of hope
C. bereave of hope
16. Phil: the people of Punxsutawney and of their hearths and hearts, a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.
A. Standing here between ; basking in the warmth ; I can’t imagine
B. Being standing here among ; being basking in the warmth ; I couldn’t imagine
C. Standing here among ; basking in the warmth ; I couldn’t imagine
17. Man: How about dinner tonight?
Woman: Sorry --I’ll have to take a rain check on that!
A. Use this to say no very firmly to an offer or suggestion
B. Use this to tell someone that you cannot accept their invitation at the time they have suggested, but would like to do it at some time in the future
C. Use this to say no politely when someone invites you to do something
18. Rita: Phil, that was surprising. I didn’t know you were so versatile.
A. having many different kinds of skills and abilities
B. having many different uses
C. having many different interests
19. Phil: What do you say, you little ? You have never thanked me.
A. beret
B. brat
C. berate
20. Tom totaled his dad’s new Toyota.
A. to reach a particular sum
B. to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired
C. to find the total number of something by adding
Answer Key
01-05 BBACB
06-10 ACACB
11-15 ABBCB
16-20 CBABB