GEORGE WOOLARD (1996), ”LESSONS WITH LAUGHTER”, THOMSON AND HEINLE PUBLISHING HOUSE

 

4.

PUNS

 

A pun is a play upon words – usually one word with two meanings. For example, a mouse is both an animal and something you use with a computer. Complete these jokes with puns.

1.      Have you noticed any ..... in me?

No, why?

I have just swallowed some coins accidentally.

 

2.      Some girls think I am handsome and some girls think I am horrible. What do you think, Mary?

A bit of both ..... ......

 

3.      You have to be rich to play golf.

Then why are there so many ..... players?

 

4.      I think we have just had a puncture.

How did it happen?

There was a ..... in the road.

 

5.      Well son, how was your first day at the new school?

Great! The teacher is going t ogive me a gift.

How do you know that?

Well, when I arrived, she pointed to a chair in the corner and said, ”Sit over there for the .....”

 

6.      Why did the two astronauts decide to leave the restaurant on the moon and return to one on Earth?

They said they have no .....

 

7.      I am going to have to put you in a prison cell for the night.

What is the ....., Officer?

Nothing! It is all part of the service!

 

8.      Why did you park your car on the yellow lines?

Because the sign says ”..... FOR PARKING”.

 

9.      What do you call a happy tin in the U.S.A.?

A ..... .....!

 

present, pretty ugly, change, fork, atmophere, charge, fine, merry can, poor

 

 

       

 

       ANSWER KEY

1.      CHANGE

2.      PRETTY UGLY

3.      POOR

4.      FORK

5.      PRESENT

6.      ATMOSPHERE

7.      CHARGE

8.      FINE

9.      MERRY CAN

 

Sursa:

GEORGE WOOLARD (1996), ”LESSONS WITH LAUGHTER”, THOMSON AND HEINLE PUBLISHING HOUSE

 

 

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