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Student’s Worksheet

Easter Two-liner Jokes

You are going to read some jokes connected with Easter. Each joke will include

some kind of wordplay. Before you look at the jokes, do the tasks below.

1. Write the words which have the pronunciation below. For each pronunciation you will need

to find two words (they may have the same or different spelling).

/heə(r)/

=

................................................./.................................................

/mɑː(r)tʃ/

=

................................................./.................................................

2. Now match the words on the left to their definitions on the right.

1. receding hairline

a. someone is anoying because he or she tries

to appear clever

2. smarty pants

b. when a man gradually loses hair from the

front of his head

3. a big-head

c. a day when your hair looks untidy and you

do not feel attractive

4. a bad hair day

d. someone who believes he or she is very

intelligent

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3. Match the questions to the answers to form jokes.

1. What do you call ten rabbits marching

backwards?

a. A receding hareline.

2. What do you call a bunny with a dictionary

in his pants?

b. Just look for the gray hares.

3. What do you call a bunny with a large

brain?

c. He was having a bad hare day!

4. Why are people always tired in April?

d. He’d just washed his hare and couldn’t do

a thing with it.

5. Why did the magician have to cancel his

show?

e. An egghead.

6. Why was the Easter Bunny so upset?

f. Because they have just finished a march.

7. How can you tell which rabbits are the

oldest in a group?

g. A smarty pants.