Vocabulary Humour

1)Complete the following statements with a word from the list

I bought a book for 100 I have been working hard for

€. It’s expensive, buy I I’ve lost my job. After two weeks. Now I feel
find it extremely much research ,I lost …………..(1) .I can’t relax
interesting. I feel hope at finding a new because I feel nervous and
…………………… one. I feel ……………… and tired.
sad.

This evening, I will assist to I sat for an exam and I

All my friend have left
an amazing comedy of don’t know if I would
me alone. I have no
shakespear.I feel ……… ……… succeed or not. I am really
friends now. I
…………about the results.
feel……………….

I am a student. To I find charley chaplin’s shows

I admire the shows of
entertain myself , I really …………… and enjoyable.
Adil Imam. I admire
sometimes read Whenever I watch them, I feel
him for his ……………….
…………….stories.
Very ……………..
Performance in plays.

relaxed depressed stressed

After taking a warm
I quickly get amusing amused funny
………………staying shower. I now feel
……………… impressive Satisfied worried
indoors every day.
bored lonely excited

2) Match the nouns with the adjectives in the same word family.

Nouns Be; feel Adjectives

happiness Angry
sadness Amusing-Amused
nervousness Disappointing-disappointed
excitement Exciting- excited
amusement Frightening-frightened
disappointment happy
anger boring-bored
impression nervous
boredom impressing- impressed
fright saddening- sad

3) Can you find some common endings for nouns in the table?
Adjectives to describe a Adjectives to describe
4) Read these sentences and classify the adjectives in bold in the chart person’s emotions a situation
a) I feel excited to see the new show of Mr bean. …………………… ………………….
b) TV audiences spend exciting moments watching stand-ups.
c) Staying at home for long days is boring.
…………………… ………………….
d) People get bored at work. They need a break from routine.
e) People today are not much interested in plays.
f) Teenagers find stand-up comedies much more interesting ……………………. ………………….

5) Use these adjectives to give stronger meanings to the highlighted words in these sentences.

fascinating furious terrible, a) Audiences get angry at hearing racist jokes. Some of the get even ……………
terrifying enormous hilarious
funny b) The show wasn’t only bad, it was …………….
c) The magician was good and his magic tricks were even …………………..
d) Some scenes of film were frightening. Other scenes were even……………..
e) Mr bean presents funny situations. His sitcoms are also ………………..
f) It’s interesting to watch sitcoms, although watching stand-ups is more …………………
Vocabulary Humour

5) Write sentences to react to the information in the following situations. Use adjectives from task n° 2

a A: My cat died!
B: I'm sorry. You' re probably feeling very sad f A: Ian accidentally deleted all my work on the
computer.
b A: Thomas has a job interview tomorrow. B: Poor you! You must feel really……………..!
B: He must be …………..
g A: I visited the Eiffel Tour in France once.
c A: he has been working for 15 days without a rest. B: yeah! You must have been ……………..by its height.
B: poor man! I bet he's really …………………with work.
h A: Millie is going to see Madonna in concert .
d A: Adarn and Kare are getting married. B: Millie must be ………………….. . Madonna is her
B: Really? I'm sure they'll be………………. favourite singer.
e A: Penny's doing her first bungee jump in a minute!
B: She must be ………..

WORD

6) What do comedians do? Put the sentences into two groups (positive- negative).
1-They crack jokes 2-They mock other people. Positive Negative
3-They use wordplay . 4 -The make fun of people …………………………… ……………….……….……
5-They play roles in films. 6- They make silly faces. …………………………….
.…………………………..
7-They perform mimes. 8-They act out different roles. ………………………………
……………………………
9- They tell funny stories. 10-They entertain the audience ...……………………………
……………………………
11-They improvise when they forget.
.
7) Fill in the blanks with these words : a talent entertain improvise mimic laugh crack tell
rehearse burst

Most comedians use different tricks to ………….. and amuse the audience. they ……… funny stories, or simply
……… jokes which make everyone ………. . Many of them have .…………….for mimicry . They ……….
other people’s ways and manners. Comedians …………… well their roles before performing on stage. Yet, many
Play are
of them mockwitty and can skillfully ……………on the roles given to them. At watching them play, The audience
……….. into laughter.

8) Match the idioms in bold with their meanings

a) At hearing the joke, he beamed from ear to ear with pleasure. 1- To stay cheerful
b) It’s cruel to make fun of disabled people. 2- To be very nervous.
c) The teacher held a spectator up to ridicule as he stammers. 3- To remain calm in difficult and dangerous situations
d) He was in the best of humours as he achieved success. 4- To be annoying and no longer acceptable
d) As she got divorced, she was completely out of humour. 5- To smile a lot because you are very pleased.
e) The humorist’s statements about blacks got beyond a joke. 6- To Laugh at people in an unkind way.
f) He was a bag of nerves, no one could talk to him. 7- To have the best state of mind and feeling at a
g) It’s boring in here! ,but we try to keep spirits up by playing games! particular moment.
h) he has nerves of steel. He didn’t react to his wife’s insults. 8- To be in a bad mood
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a) 5 b) …….. c) ……. d) ….. e) …. f) ….. g)……. h)…….

8) who is your favourite comedian, describe him to your friends.try to cover these points:
His character: funny (amusing) witty (intelligent) ≠ self-deprecating (lacking character)
His language: dirty jokes silly jokes ≠ gentle humour good clean fun
His actions and delivery features(what he does): mimick tell funny stories ……..(task 6 and 7)
Describe his comedy: sarcasm irony satire
The style : dry/quirky sense of humour ≠ sick/ warped sense of humour .dedpan
His impact on the audience:laugh giggle ………..