Learn English With Jokes ✦ Sex-Education Class
Learn English With Jokes
Sex-Education Class
Intermediate · Past Simple · Present Simple
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I onceUNE FOIS took a sex education class at university, and a funnyDRÔLE thing happened one day.
The teacher arrived and told us we'd beNOUS ALLIONS discussing sex positions that day, and asked us how many positions we knew. A young girl near me said, "seven."
The professor said, "Very good." But as he prepared to ask another student, a loudBRUYANTE voice from the back of the lecture hallAMPHITHÉÂTRE shoutedCRIA, "ninety-one!"
The professor looked overPAR-DESSUS his glasses but couldn't really make outDISTINGUER who had spoken. Finally, he called on a guy in the front rowRANG, and the guy said, "five."
And again from the back, the same voice shouted, "ninety-one!"
Finally, the teacher pointed to a shyTIMIDE-looking lady sitting not far from me. She hesitated, then said, "Only one, Sir."
The teacher asked, "Well, that's unusual, young lady. And what position is that?"
"The oneCELLE with the man on top and the woman under him," she replied.
And from the back of the room, the same loud voice shouted, "ninety-two!"
📘 Key Vocabulary
📖 Grammar Points
1. Past simple for completed narrative actions
The joke uses past simple throughout to tell the sequence of events: took, arrived, told, asked, said, prepared, shouted, looked, called, pointed, hesitated, replied. This tense moves the story forward clearly and chronologically. Learners can see how English speakers use past simple to list what happened one after another — from the teacher arriving to the final "ninety-two!" punchline.
2. Past continuous for background action
The joke uses past continuous to describe what was happening at a specific moment: "we'd be discussing" (future-in-the-past) and "he was preparing" (implied). Past continuous (was/were + -ing) sets the scene and describes actions in progress. For French speakers, this is similar to the imparfait. It contrasts with past simple, which describes completed actions.
🔁 Synonyms & Alternatives
Both fit the narrative tone: “a humorous thing happened” or “a timid-looking lady”.
💬 Mini Dialogue
Context: Two friends, Thabo and Lerato, are remembering a funnyDRÔLE incident from their university days.
Thabo: "I onceUNE FOIS took a psychology class where the professor asked how many mental disorders we knew."
Lerato: "What happened?"
Thabo: "A shyTIMIDE girl in the front rowRANG said 'one' — depression. Then a voice from the back shoutedCRIA, 'ninety-one!'"
Lerato: "The professor couldn't make outDISTINGUER who it was. Every time someone gave a number, the same voice added one more."
Uses past simple for narrative actions ("took", "asked", "happened", "said"), past continuous for setting the scene, and vocabulary items integrated naturally.
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