Unit3 Unit 3 Humorous Stories about Famous People Extension Activities Alice Chiu

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Brain Teasers

Instruction 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 up Y R R U H Brain Teaser 1

downpour P O U R Brain Teaser 2

Two thumbs up B M U H T Brain Teaser 3

She forgets everything. SHE GET EVERYTHING Brain Teaser 4

to be or not to be BB Brain Teaser 5

goose bumps g o o s e Brain Teaser 6

go for it GO it it it it Brain Teaser 7

double play PLAYPLAY Brain Teaser 8

eye contact EYEEYE Brain Teaser 9

just between you and me UJUSTME Brain Teaser 10

an afterthought Thought an Brain Teaser 11

reading between the lines R/E/A/D/I/N/G Brain Teaser 12

WEATHER FEELING feeling under the weather Brain Teaser 13

partly cloudy CLODY Brain Teaser 14

three blind mice MCE Brain Teaser 15

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More Riddles and Jokes

Instruction In this activity, there are two tasks for you. 1.Task One: 7 riddles Solve the fun riddles together. 2.Task Two: 3 jokes Help finish the jokes by adding a pun or a punch line to the story.

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 because the others are week(weak) days What are the two strongest days of the week? Riddle 2

Heat is faster because we can catch the cold. Which is faster, heat or cold? Why? Riddle 3

No-eye deer. (No idea.) What do you call a blind deer? Riddle 4

language 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

watermelon 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

e The beginning of everything, and the end of space. What am I? Riddle 7

Tense 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. 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. 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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