Name: _________________________
Date: __________________ Per: ____
Pun Practice
Directions: Read the following sentences and underline the word that is a pun. On the line after the
sentence, explain the meaning of the pun.
1.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
1) He has only the right side of his body. 2) He is fine – he is okay now.
2. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.
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3. I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.
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4. I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.
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5. I did a theatrical performance about puns. Really it was just a play on words.
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6. I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
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7. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
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8.
Need an ark to save two of every animal? I noah guy.
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9. John Deere's manure spreader is the only equipment the company won't stand behind.
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10. I relish the fact that you've mustard the strength to ketchup to me.
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11. Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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12. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
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Name: _________________________
Date: __________________ Per: ____
13. When William joined the army he disliked the phrase 'fire at will'.
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14. A new type of broom came out, it is sweeping the nation.
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15. I used to be addicted to soap, but I'm clean now.
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16. Some people's noses and feet are built backwards: their feet smell and their noses run.
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17. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
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18. Lightning sometimes shocks people because it just doesn't know how to conduct itself.
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19. The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
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20. There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils.
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21. Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft
drink.
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22. I was going to buy a book on phobias, but I was afraid it wouldn't help me.
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23. What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing - but it let out a little whine.
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24. A noun and a verb were dating but they broke up because the noun was too possessive.
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Name: _________________________
Date: __________________ Per: ____
Pun Bumper Sticker
Directions:
1. Create a bumper sticker
2. Either create or find a pun that would relate to something you have learned in
English this year. (Literature, grammar, vocabulary – your choice!)
3. Take a break from Times New Roman! Using a creative font, type the
pun on a piece of paper reflecting the size of a bumper sticker. Cut, do not
tear the paper, and if you like, back it with construction paper.
4. On the space provided below, explain the pun you have chosen.
Explanation of the word’s two meanings:
1) ___________________________________________________
2) ___________________________________________________
Rubric:
Creative pun
Criteria for Evaluation
Rating
0 1 2 3 4 5
Correct example of a pun
0 1 2 3 4 5
Creative font and size similar to that of a bumper sticker
0 1 2 3 4 5
Creativity, uniqueness, neatness, and detail
0 1 2 3 4 5
Total points:
/20
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