a) Why is the last exchange funny? What is the pun? Find the puns in some of the jokes in this book and explain them. b) Match the beginnings of the jokes (1–2) to the endings (A–B). Listen and check. Explain the puns. 1) Why did the boy throw the butter out of the window? 2) Which day of the week do fish hate? A) Friday (fry day) B) He wanted to see a butterfly. (butter fly)

1 — B: He wanted to see a butterfly. The pun is based on the words butter and fly: the boy threw the butter out of the window so that he could see it fly, like a “butterfly”.

2 — A: Friday (fry day). The joke changes Friday into fry day, because fish are often fried.

В пункте а) нужно найти подобные игры слов в других шутках книги и объяснить двойное значение использованных слов или выражений.