Review: Not all appropriate, nor all knee slappers, but overall OK
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
Are these the best jokes? Probably not. A lot of these are old, and quite a few I just didn't find funny (including a section on "yo momma" jokes). However, as a teacher this book does provide reminders of some great jokes to use in class.For example, if you are going to review plurals (fox-foxes, datum- data, dice-die) this is a great joke to start the class"Julius Caesar walks into a bad, "I'll have a martinus," he says. The bartender gives him a puzzled look and asks, "don't you mean a `martini'?" "Look," Julius Casear retorts, "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked for it"A classic grammar gem (usually underappreciated by stduents)"The past, the present and the future walk into a bar. Then things get tense"Working on homonyms? They show up a lot in the listening section and sometimes in the reading.Here's a classic to review the different meaning bar can have: "Two guys walk into a bar. The third ones ducks"Practicing idioms for the TOEFL?"I used to have a handle on life, but it broke" is an easy one.It has a few other jokes that would fit each of the above catgeories and be a great addition to your class. Though honestly out of all the joke books here it wasn't my favorite and had quite a few jokes I felt perpetuated negative sterotypes (blonde jokes for example) and would prefer not to use in my class.http://eslcarissa.blogspot.mx/2013/05/using-jokes-to-prepare-for-toefl.html