Humor is important to learning a language. Not only does it allow the student to learn new vocabulary in context, it is also a motivating force. The student begins to feel as if they are in the world of the new language. Word games are especially valuable because they emphasize meaning.
Word games
Learning English while laughing? Well, he might not laugh … Puns often make people complain. They say that for a pun to be good, it has to be really bad. In fact, they are called “moans.”
A word game is a little word game, playing with language. Most word games use one word that has two meanings, or they use two words that sound almost the same.
Here are some puns. Use your knowledge of English and your dictionary if necessary to explain the word game.
Example: Why is an empty wallet always the same? Because there is never any change in it. In this word game, the word “change” has two meanings: 1. coins and small bills, 2. alteration.
OK let’s go!
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1. Do you know why it is easy for a hunter to find a leopard? Because you always see a leopard.
“detect”, verb: see, identify. “stained”, adjective: with spots.
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2. When gambling became legal in the city, everyone agreed that the city was now a place to gamble.
This is an auditory pun. It does not work on the written page. It must be heard. This type of word game improves the student’s listening skills. What we could hear could be one of two words that sound the same: “better”, adjective, “an improvement”, therefore, “an improved place”. “gambler”, noun, “player”, “someone who bets”, then then “a place for players”.
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3. The principal called the cross-eyed young master into his office. “I’m sorry to tell you, Mrs. Jones, we’re going to have to let you go.” “But why sir? I thought you were doing a good job.” “It’s simple,” said the principal, “you can’t control your students.”
Of course, the word “student” could refer to a student or the center of the iris of the eye.
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4. My friend Sam had decided that his kitchen needed paint, and instead of hiring a professional, he decided to do it himself. In the afternoon, I went to his house to see if he needed help. When I arrived, I found Sam hard at work painting the kitchen walls. But instead of wearing old clothes, he was wearing a leather jacket and a ski parka. I asked him why he was dressing like this on such a hot day. He brought me the paint pot and told me to read the instructions. I did. It said, “For best results, put on two coats.”
The pun is the word “coat”, be it another coat or paint or a piece of clothing.
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5. The pun on the extra “coat” above reminds me of the dog in a fur coat and pants.
Okay, the dog has a fur coat but no fur pants. In this case, “pants” also means the way dogs breathe quickly and loudly.
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Jokes
Three police jokes
First joke:
A police officer stops a woman for speeding and politely asks if he can see her license.
She angrily replies: “I wish they would fix it. Yesterday they took away my license and today they expect me to show it to them.”
Vocabulary:
“in a tantrum”: annoying
“act together”: get organized
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Second joke:
While driving on the back roads of a small town, two truckers came to an overpass with a sign that read DESPACHO 11’3 “.
They went out and measured their rig, which was 12’4 “.
“What do you think?” one asked the other.
The driver looked around carefully and then shifted to first gear. “There is no cop in sight. Let’s take our chances!”
Vocabulary and expressions:
“overpass”: viaduct
“rigging”: here truck. Any specialized tool or mechanical fix.
“free space”: space to pass or “clear”. “Clearance” is the noun of the verb “clean” which means (among other meanings): “pass without touching”
11 ‘3 “is short for 11 feet 3 inches;
12 ‘4 “is short for 12 feet 4 inches.
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Third joke:
Recently, a distraught wife went to the local police station, along with her next door neighbor, to report that her husband was missing. The police officer asked for a description of the missing man.
The wife said: “He is 35 years old, 6 foot 2, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, speaks softly and is good with children.”
The next door neighbor protested: “Your husband is 54, 5 feet 6 inches tall, plump, 275 pounds, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to his kids.”
The wife replied, “Yes, but who wants it back?”
Husband: popular form of “husband”, spouse
distressed: stressed, very worried.
chubby: slightly fat
means: In this context, strict, severe, even a little cruel
bald: hairless
next door neighbor: the person who lives in the house next to yours
6 foot 4: six feet 4 inches
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