To hear a joke start here!

By Rosamund Place | April 29, 2015

Jokes in other people’s languages are often not easy to ‘get’ – i.e. understand. Here are few typical ones, and also some explanations of how they work.

To re-visit the jokes, click here.

For vocabulary related to jokes and some explanations of the basis of jokes, click here.

 

 

1. [Multiple choice]

Tick which ONE of these typical phrases used in telling jokes you HEAR in the recording.

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. Tell us the one about shark-infested custard!
  • 2. That’s a really old one. (correct)
  • 3. Do you know any lightbulb jokes?
  • 4. Oh dear, I got the punchline wrong!
  • 5. Do you know the one about the Englishman who…..?

2. [Multiple choice]

Tick which ONE of these typical phrases used in telling jokes you do NOT hear in the recording.

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. I don’t get it.
  • 2. That’s quite a good one!
  • 3. What’s orange and dangerous?
  • 4. Have you heard the one about…..? (correct)
  • 5. That’s a really old one.

3. [Multiple choice]

Can you find the odd one out in the following, and say why?

(This is the odd one out, because all of the others invite someone or others to start telling jokes.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. Do you know any ‘doctor, doctor’ jokes?
  • 2. Tell us a joke!
  • 3. Have you heard the one about…..?
  • 4. I don’t know any off the top of my head. (correct)
  • 5. Have you heard a good one recently?
  • 6. Do you know any lightbulb jokes?
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