A Funny Story

Barbara likes funny stories. She likes to hear funny stories. She likes to tell funny stories. She told her mom a funny story. When she finished, she waited for her mom to laugh. "Mom, why aren't you laughing? That was a funny story," Barbara said. "Oh, I'm sorry," her mom said. "Sometimes you think something is funny, but someone else thinks it isn't funny." So, Barbara's mom did not laugh at Barbara's story. Barbara told the same story to her younger sister. Her younger sister laughed at the story.

  1. When I ............... telling you this story, you will laugh.
  2. Tell your story to ............... else.
  3. My sister is two years ...............er than I am.
  4. I'm ................ I won't do that again.
  5. Don't ............... for me. Go without me.
  6. I ............... that's funny. What do you ...............?
  7. ............... you feel good; ............... you feel bad.
  8. I have the ............... last name as my dad.
  9. That wasn't ................ I didn't laugh.
  10. Do you have anything ............... to say?
  11. Did you ever hear a funny ...............?
  12. A funny story makes us ................

 

From: English as a second language