Puns worksheets

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A pun is a joke that uses one word two ways at once. The baker could never make enough dough: dough is bread, and dough is money.

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    A pun is wordplay that uses two meanings of one word, or two words that sound alike, to make a joke. Eighth graders read a short joke and write the word the pun turns on, which means holding both meanings in mind at the same time.

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