British humour

British humour can seem... to non-British people.

• offensive

• bizarre

• delicious

• unfunny

Sarcasm is when you mean the... of what you are actually saying.

• same

• next thing

• left

• opposite

Saying "What a lovely day!" when it's raining hard outside is an example of... .

• a pun

• self-deprecation

• sarcasm

• slapstick

"Cutting humour" is when a joke is... .

• hurtful to someone

• light

• mean

• delivered wrong

Verbal irony is similar to...

• slapstick

• self-deprecation

• sarcasm

"Deadpan humour" relies on... .

• the listener to play along

• the person who delivers the joke to keep a straight face

• a large audience

• the person who delivers the joke to have strong facial expressions

"Puns" work with... .

• double meanings of words

• similar-sounding words

• word translations

• insults

In the sentence "The future, the present and the past walk into a bar. Then things got a little tense." the pun is found in the word...

• bar

• past

• present

• tense

Self-deprecating humour works by... .

• putting yourself down

• boasting about your qualities

• joking about yourself

• only focusing on the looks of someone

Comedy which focuses on the bizarre and surreal elements of our lives is called... (comedy).