UnitUnit 33Humorous Stories about

Famous People

Extension ActivitiesExtension Activities

Alice Chiu

Main Menu• Activity One: Brain Teasers

• Activity Two: More Riddles and Jokes

Brain Teasers

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• To add some fun to the class, let’s try the following 15 brain teasers. Each puzzle contains a phrase or an idiom. Have fun.

hurry uphurry up

YRRUH

Brain Teaser 1

downpourdownpour

POUR

Brain Teaser 2

Two thumbs upTwo thumbs up

B BM MU UH HT T

Brain Teaser 3

She forgets everything.She forgets everything.

SHE

GET GET

GET GET

EVERYTHING

Brain Teaser 4

to be or not to beto be or not to be

BB

BB

Brain Teaser 5

goose bumpsgoose bumps

g o o s e

Brain Teaser 6

go for itgo for it

GO it it it it

Brain Teaser 7

double playdouble play

PLAYPLAY

Brain Teaser 8

eye contacteye contact

EYEEYE

Brain Teaser 9

just between you and mejust between you and me

UJUSTME

Brain Teaser 10

an afterthoughtan afterthought

Thought an

Brain Teaser 11

reading between the linesreading between the lines

R/E/A/D/I/N/G

Brain Teaser 12

WEATHERFEELING

feeling under the weatherfeeling under the weather

Brain Teaser 13

partly cloudypartly cloudy

CLODY

Brain Teaser 14

three blind micethree blind mice

MCEMCEMCE

Brain Teaser 15

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More Riddles and Jokes

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In this activity, there are two tasks for you.

1. Task One: 7 riddlesSolve the fun riddles together.

2. Task Two: 3 jokesHelp finish the jokes by adding a pun or a punch line to the story.

The doctor is the mother.The doctor is the mother.

• A father 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?

Riddle 1

Saturday and Sunday Saturday and Sunday because the others are because the others are

week(weak) daysweek(weak) days

• What are the two strongest days of the week?

Riddle 2

Heat is faster because we Heat is faster because we can catch the cold.can catch the cold.

• Which is faster, heat or cold? Why?

Riddle 3

No-eye deer. (No idea.)No-eye deer. (No idea.)

What do you call a blind deer?

Riddle 4

languagelanguage

• Think of 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.

Riddle 5

watermelonwatermelon

• There was 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?

Riddle 6

ee

• The beginning of everything, and the end of space. What am I?

Riddle 7

TenseTense

• One day, 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... ?”

Joke 1

A puppy.A puppy.

• Some students 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, “________”

Joke 2

Well, I don’t know. Well, I don’t know. My wife told me to stand here.My wife told me to stand here.

• In heaven, 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, “_________”

Joke 3

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