Selected English Jokes (ESL/EFL Version)

This book is Volume III-12 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.

[Text Information]
Readability || 81.7
Total word count || 15162
Words beyond 1500 || 1044
Headwords beyond 1500 || 600
Unknown word percentage (%) || 6.89
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 3.96
Unknown headword occurrence || 1.74
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 24
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 222

[Synopsis]
Apart from being fun, reading jokes is a good way for ESL/EFL learners to improve their understanding of English. Some jokes show different ways in which words are used, and such jokes make it easier for learners to remember the language points.
Here is an example:
“Is she making him a good wife?”
“Well, not exactly; but she’s making him a good husband.”
In this joke, the word “make” is used in two different patterns. In the first one, “make him a good wife” means “become a good wife for him”, while in the second, “make him a good husband” means “train him so that he will become a good husband.”
A good teacher always knows when to use a joke in his classroom. He may say, “That reminds of a joke/story” during his lesson and then a story follows. This will arouse the students’ interest in his class and students never fail to like such a teacher.