a few jokes

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Two men were walking their dogs one day. The first man said, “My dog is very patient QUI SAIT ATTENDRE SANS SE PLAINDRE. . I swear he never moves until I tell him.”

The second man asked, “What is his name?”

The first man replied, “ Wait for it EXPRESSION UTILISÉE POUR CRÉER DU SUSPENSE (« ATTENDS UN PEU… »), MAIS ICI COMPRISE LITTÉRALEMENT : LE CHIEN DOIT ATTENDRE. .”

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Teacher: Why are you eating your homework, Johnny?

Johnny: Because you said it was a piece of cakeMORCEAU DE GÂTEAU (TRÈS FACILE)!

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Why didn’t the skeletonSQUELETTE go to the party?

Because he had no bodyPERSONNE (AUCUN CORPS) to go with!

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A tomatoTOMATE family was walking down the street.

The baby tomato fell behind. The daddy tomato went back, squashedÉCRASA him and said, “KetchupRATTRAPE-NOUS ↔ CATCH UP (KETCHUP)!”

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More Vocabulary

Patient: able to wait without becoming annoyed.

Piece of cake: something very easy to do.

Skeleton: the bones inside a body.

No body: nobody (no person, no-one); also, no physical body.

Tomato: a red fruit used as a vegetable.

Squash: to crush something soft.

Ketchup: a sauce made from tomatoes; sounds like “catch up” (to reach the same place).

Be patientPATIENT when learning English!

This exercise is a piece of cakeMORCEAU DE GÂTEAU.

The skeletonSQUELETTE danced at Halloween.

Hurry up and ketchupRATTRAPE-NOUS with the group!

Grammar Notes

These jokes use direct speech, puns (wordplay), and simple past tense.

Pun example: “No body” means both “nobody” and “no physical body”.

Idiom: “A piece of cake” = very easy.

Homophone: “Ketchup” sounds like “catch up”.

Synonyms & Alternatives

Patient: calm, tolerant

Easy: simple, a piece of cake, a breeze

Squash: crush, flatten

Mini Dialogue

Student A: Why is English homework easy?

Student B: Because it's a piece of cakeMORCEAU DE GÂTEAU!

Student A: Hurry up!

Student B: I'm trying to ketchupRATTRAPER!

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