This document contains instructions for two activities involving puzzles: brain teasers and riddles/jokes. For the brain teasers activity, there are 15 puzzles where phrases are rearranged or split into parts. For the riddles/jokes activity, there are 7 riddles to solve and 3 jokes to finish by providing a pun or punch line. The document guides working through each puzzle and joke individually then returns to the main menu.
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Overview of Unit 3 on humorous stories and main menu options for activities.
Introduction to 15 brain teasers involving phrases or idioms, aimed at fun in the class.
15 individual brain teasers with visual clues related to idioms and phrases.
Wrap-up of activities and hints at humor, reinforcing the fun aspect of the presentation.
Introduction to riddles and jokes, dividing tasks into solving riddles and completing jokes.
Seven riddles that test logic and wordplay, with answers providing humorous insights.
Three humorous jokes that require punchlines or puns, playing on grammar and societal norms.
Wrap-up of activities and hints at humor, reinforcing the fun aspect of the presentation.
Instruction
In this activity,there are two tasks for you.
1. Task One: 7 riddles
Solve the fun riddles together.
2. Task Two: 3 jokes
Help finish the jokes by adding a pun or
a punch line to the story.
23.
Riddle 1
• Afather and his son were in a car
accident. The father died. The son
was taken to the hospital. The
doctor came in and said: I can't do
surgery on him, because he's my
son. Who was the doctor?
The doctor is the mother.
24.
Riddle 2
• Whatare the two strongest days
of the week?
Saturday and Sunday
because the others are
week(weak) days
25.
Riddle 3
• Whichis faster, heat or cold?
Why?
Heat is faster because we
can catch the cold.
Riddle 5
• Thinkof words ending in –GRY.
Angry and hungry are two of them.
There are only three words in the
English language. What is the third
word? The word is something that
everyone uses every day. If you read
carefully, I have already told you
what it is.
language
28.
Riddle 6
• Therewas a green house. Inside the
green house was a white house.
Inside the white house was a red
house. Inside the red house there
were lots of babies. What is it?
watermelon
29.
Riddle 7
• Thebeginning of everything, and
the end of space. What am I?
e
30.
Joke 1
• Oneday, Ms Jones, an English
grammar teacher, was looking ill.
Her student, Tom, asked, “What's the
matter?” “__________," answered
the teacher, describing how she felt.
Tom thought for a while, then
continued, “What was the matter?
What has been the matter? What
might have been the matter... ?”
Tense
31.
Joke 2
• Somestudents bought their teacher a gift
for his birthday. Before opening the gift,
the teacher shook it slightly, and noticed
that it was wet in the corner. Touching his
finger to the wet spot and tasting it, he
asked, “A bottle of wine?” The students
answered, “No.” Again, he touched his
finger to the box and tasted the water. “A
bottle of beer?” His students replied again,
“No.” Finally the teacher asked, “I give
up. What is it?” His students said,
“________”
A puppy.
32.
Joke 3
• Inheaven, God wants all married men to make two
lines: one is for those who say they are the bosses in
their families, and the other one is for those who
admit that their wives are the bosses. All men stand
in the second line except one guy. God gets angry
with those men who stand in the second line,
“Shame on you! I created you but you were all
controlled by your wives!” He turned to the only one
man in the first line and says, “Tell them, my son.
How did you manage to be the boss in your family?”
Replied the man, “_________”
Well, I don’t know.
My wife told me to stand here.