Puntastic Puns!
A Grade 6 ELA worksheet focusing on understanding and identifying puns, a type of figurative language.
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Puntastic Puns!
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you understand and identify puns.
A pun is a play on words that uses a word or phrase that has two different meanings, or words that sound similar but have different meanings. Puns are often used for humorous or rhetorical effect.
1. Which of the following sentences contains a pun?
The cat sat on the mat.
I've been on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it.
The sun is a star.
She ran very fast.
2. What is the pun in the following sentence: "Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two tired!"
bicycle
fall over
two tired
Why
Complete the sentences with a word that creates a pun.
3. I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough .
4. What do you call a fake noodle? An .
5. I told my friend a joke about a pencil, but it was pointless. He said, "That's a sharp !"
6. Read the following sentence: "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!" Explain the pun in this sentence.
7. Create your own pun and write it below.
8. A pun always involves two words that sound exactly the same.
True
False
9. Puns are a type of figurative language.
True
False