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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: Shampa Iftakhar on November 21, 2013, 02:59:26 PM

Title: English Class Room Jokes
Post by: Shampa Iftakhar on November 21, 2013, 02:59:26 PM

Subject-verb agreement joke:

The teacher asked Pepito to use the word “I” in a sentence.
Pepito said, “I is–”
“Don’t say ‘I is,’ say ‘I am,’” the teacher corrected.
“If you say so,” Pepito replied. “I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.

Title: Re: English Class Room Jokes
Post by: Shampa Iftakhar on November 21, 2013, 03:03:20 PM

While we’re on the subject, here are some sentences in which proper punctuation is vital:

Let’s eat, Grandma.
Let’s eat Grandma!

Private. No visitors allowed.
Private? No! Visitors allowed.

Some people enjoy cooking, their families, and their dogs.
Some people enjoy cooking their families and their dogs.

Title: Re: English Class Room Jokes
Post by: Shampa Iftakhar on November 21, 2013, 03:05:44 PM

Spelling-jokes:

 What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add letters to it?
Short.

I’m thinking of a five-letter word that, when you take away two letters, you are left with just one. What word is it?
Alone.

What’s the longest word in the English language?
Smiles. It has a mile between the first letter and the last letter.

Title: Re: English Class Room Jokes
Post by: Shampa Iftakhar on November 21, 2013, 03:07:30 PM

Pun:

RG was a fan of puns. One day he noticed that his favorite magazine was having a bad pun contest. He was so excited, he picked ten of his favorite bad puns and sent them in to the contest. When he got the next issue of his favorite magazine, he looked to see which of his puns won.
What happened?
No pun intended!

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party?
Because he had no body to go with.

What’s a teacher’s favorite nation?
Expla-nation

Title: Re: English Class Room Jokes
Post by: Antara11 on November 26, 2013, 12:04:32 AM

Good sense of humor.

Thanks for sharing madam.