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How English Jokes Can Help You Learn ---- By Jeffrey

The best way to learn English is to start from something that you like.


English Jokes are always a great learning. Everyone like reading jokes and jokes are full of slang and phrasal verbs that you can apply and use in your daily conversation. If you don't understand any English jokes you will have motivation to find the meaning of slang or words in the jokes just because you want to laugh like others.


Lastly, jokes are not long. It is not like a textbook or novel so you will not get bored before while learning. Read all the English jokes above or share your funny English jokes within the class for a nice change.


Key vocabulary
*Sense of Humor = Ability to make people laugh
*hilarious (adj.)-extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
*comedy(noun)-a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending
*comedian (noun)-A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts.

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"Hard of hearing”

An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years.
He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said,"Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again."
The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"




*hearing aid (noun)- A small electronic apparatus (equipment with a purpose) that amplifies (v. to make larger or more powerful; increase) sound and is worn in or behind the ear to help impaired hearing.


*Will = a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die


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TEACHER : Why are you late?
WEBSTER : Because of the sign.
TEACHER : What sign
WEBSTER : The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."

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TEACHER : What is the chemical formula for water?
SARAH : H I J K L M N O!!
TEACHER : What are you talking about?
SARAH : Yesterday you said it's H to O!

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TEACHER : George, go to the map and find North America.
GEORGE : Here it is!
TEACHER : Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS : George!

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TEACHER: Willie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WILLIE : Me!

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TEACHER : Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?
TOMMY : Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

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TEACHER : Now, ! Sam, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SAM : No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

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