HUMOUR-RELATED VOCABULARY

A/- The words in the text below express emotions and feelings. Categorize them into
positive feelings and negative ones. Then find their corresponding adjectives:

Amusement – joy – pleasure – despair – sadness – pessimism – happiness – fun –

merriment – loneliness – Jubilation – anger – optimism – cheerfulness – gaiety – gloom
grief – depression – misery – bitterness – light – heartedness – boredom - tension-
mood – down-heartedness.
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B/- Fill in the blanks with the words in the list:

joke telling - enjoyable - fun - l aughs - jolly - enjoyed
1. When my father _______________, his mouth stretches almost from ear to ear.
2. Life nowadays is more________________than it was in the past.
3. "What was the play like?" "Great! We __________it very much. We had lots
of____________________."
4. "Are you getting on well with your new school mates?" "Yes. They are a
_________crowd, indeed."
5. "Do you know which people in Morocco are famous for____________?" "People
from Marrakesh. They excel at that!"
C/- Fill in the blanks with the words in the list:
Amusing - joking - kidding - laughter - autograph

1. "A day without_____________is a wasted day," my father used to tell me.

2. The story I read last night was so ___________that I couldn't help laughing all
along.
3. Wherever the celebrity went, he was stopped by his fans and asked for
his__________.
4. "Have you heard the latest news? Your brother has won the Jack pot."
"No____________."
5. I know how you must be feeling, but I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I was
just _____________________.

D/- Match the words in A with those in B to make collocations:

I- II-
A B A B
1. burst into a- fun of sb 1. a humorous a- of humour
2. burst out b- one's leg 2. a funny b- grimaces
3. tell c- laughter 3. a sense c- story
4. make d- a joke 4. facial d- kills
5. play e- a trick on sb 5. artistic e- scene
6. pull f- laughing 6. mime f- talent

E/- FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SOME OF THE COLLOCATIONS YOU HAVE MADE ABOVE:

1. On April 1st, people…………………………on each other.

2. The best way for teachers to start a lesson is to ……………………. . It helps make the
atmosphere less tense and more relaxing.
3. The teacher had barely finished telling the students the story when the whole class
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4. I am a great admirer of Mr Bean, the gifted British comedian. He is endowed with exceptional
………………………….He owes his high reputation and success to his great
………………………….. The……………………. he makes are absolutely unique. No one
can imitate them. Many artists envy him his ………………………..
F/- EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS :

1. be the joke of the village: ……………………………………………………….. .

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2. make fun of sb.: ………………………………………………………………... .
3. pullsb's leg: ……………………………………………………………….......... .
4.jolly: ………………………………………………………………………… .
G/- HERE IS A LIST OF WORDS. DECIDE WHICH COLLOCATES WITH 'TELL' AND WHICH WITH
'SAY:

A word - no - a joke - sorry - a lie - a story - a prayer - good bye - yes - the truth - the time–

Tell:…………………………………………………………………………………….
Say:…………………………………………………………………………………. .

H/- CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1. A lot of people wrongly believe that humour hampers performance at work and school.
( eliminates - hinders - improves)

2. It's no laughing matter.

( not a suitable subject for laughing - doesn't make me laugh - an opportunity for having somefun)
3. Are you kidding?
( Are you )oking? - Are you serious? Are you laughing at me? )

4. It's unkind to laugh at people who are in trouble.

( be sympathetic -makefun of-be indifferent)

5. A good laughter has the same effect as an aspirin .It relieves headaches, stress and boredom.
( removes - causes - strengthens)

I/- FIND PAIRS OF ADJECTIVES IN THE BOX THAT HAVE SIMILAR MEANINGS:

angry - good - exhausted - funny - tired - bad - furious - awful - excited -dirty-
brilliant - hilarious - thrilled - strange - dangerous - incredible – risky - filthy
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