April Fools Day
The Reading
April Fools' Day is on
the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks,
practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin
of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which
we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.”
In some countries, you have until noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick
on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April
Fools' Day lasts the whole day. On this day, you never know what or who to
believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on
their readers and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the real news is an
April Fools' joke.
Some of the most famous April Fools'
jokes are quite amazing. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a
documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees.
Lots of people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti
trees! Another good one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King
on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the juice would drip out of the right hand
side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the
traditional right-handed burger. Other classic jokes include the BBC’s 1965
news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to apply to be
astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that,
you’ll believe anything!
Phrase Match
Match
the following phrases from the article.
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people can play tricks,
practical
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play your jokes
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No one really knows the
exact origin
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after midday
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you have until noon to
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jokes and hoaxes
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play a trick on someone
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readers and viewers
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you never know what or
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of this day
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play April Fools' jokes
on their
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who to believe
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the most famous April
Fools' jokes
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of people in
Switzerland
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The BBC showed a
documentary
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“Smell-o-vision”
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Another good one was the
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you’ll believe anything
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the juice would drip
out of the right
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“left-handed burger”
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BBC’s 1965 news of
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are quite amazing
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If you believe that,
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hand side of the burger
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Listening Gap Fill
April Fools' Day _________________ April every year. It is a
day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No
one really knows _________________ this day. The writer Mark Twain famously
said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of _________________ other
three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you have until noon to
play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April
Fool. In other countries, April Fools' Day _________________. On this day, you
never know what or who to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play
April Fools' jokes on their readers and viewers. Sometimes people actually
_________________ an April Fools' joke.
Some of the most famous April Fools'
jokes _________________. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a
documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees.
Lots of people contacted the BBC _________________ grow their own spaghetti
trees! Another _________________ “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King
on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the _________________ of the right hand
side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the
traditional right-handed burger. Other _________________ the BBC’s 1965 news of
“Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to apply to be
astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that,
_____________________!
While Reading / Listening Gap Fill
Put the words into the gaps in the text.
April Fools' Day is on the __________ of April every year. It is a day
when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on __________ other.
No one really knows the __________ origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain
famously said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on
the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you have
__________ noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after
midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools' Day
__________ the whole day. On this day, you never know __________ or who to
believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on
their __________ and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the __________
news is an April Fools' joke.
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until
each real readers first lasts exact what |
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Some of the most famous April Fools' jokes are __________ amazing. My
favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in
Switzerland __________ spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people
contacted the BBC asking how they could __________ their own spaghetti trees!
Another __________ one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King
on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the __________ would drip out of the
right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for
the traditional right-handed burger. Other __________ jokes include the BBC’s
1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to
__________ to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you
believe that, you’ll believe __________!
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Choose the Correct Word
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
April Fools' Day is on
the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricky / tricks, practical jokes and
hoaxes on each / one other. No one
really knows the exact origin / original
of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which
we are reminds / reminded of what we
are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you
have until / by noon to play your
jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April Fool / Foolish. In other countries,
April Fools' Day lasts the whole day. On this day, you never know / knowing what or who to believe.
Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on their
readers and viewing / viewers.
Sometimes people actually think the real news is an April Fools' joke.
Some of the most famous April Fools'
jokes are quite amazed / amazing. My
favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in
Switzerland cutting / cut spaghetti
from spaghetti trees. Lots of / Loads
people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees!
Another good won / one was the
“left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said
all of the juicy / juice would drip
out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff / stuff for the traditional
right-handed burger. Other classic jokes
/ joking include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008
invitation for people to apply /
application to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If
you believe that, you’ll believe anything!
Multiple Choice
April Fools' Day is on
the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, (1)
____ jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact (2) ____ of
this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which we
are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In
some countries, you have (3) ____ noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick
on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April
Fools' Day (4) ____ the whole day. On this day, you never know (5) ____ or who
to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes on
their readers and viewers. Sometimes people actually (6) ____ the real news is
an April Fools' joke.
Some of the most famous
April Fools' jokes are quite (7) ____. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC
showed a documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti
trees. Lots of people (8) ____ the BBC asking how they could grow their own
spaghetti trees! Another good one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by
Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the (9) ____ would drip out of
the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff
for the (10) ____ right-handed burger. Other classic jokes include the BBC’s
1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to (11)
____ to be astronauts to live on the website’s new (12) ____ on Mars. If you
believe that, you’ll believe anything!
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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(a)
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practice
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(b)
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practices
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(c)
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practical
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(d)
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practicality
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(a)
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original
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(b)
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origin
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(c)
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originality
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(d)
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originals
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(a)
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by
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(b)
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since
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(c)
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up
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(d)
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until
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(a)
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lasts
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(b)
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last
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(c)
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lastly
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lasted
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(a)
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what
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where
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whoever
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(d)
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that
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(a)
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thinks
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think
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thinking
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thinker
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(a)
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amazed
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amazement
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amazing
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amazes
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(a)
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contracted
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(b)
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compacted
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(c)
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connected
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(d)
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contacted
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(a)
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juicy
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(b)
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juicer
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(c)
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juiced
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(d)
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juice
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(a)
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traditions
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(b)
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tradition
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(c)
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traditional
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(d)
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tradit.
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(a)
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applies
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apply
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applicable
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(d)
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applied
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(a)
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base
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(b)
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based
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(c)
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basing
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(d)
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baseline
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Spelling
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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accpatilr jokes
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altss the whole day
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readers
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qeiut amazing
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people
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of the ecuij would drip out
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saliccs jokes
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invitation
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you’ll
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Put the text back together
Number these lines in the correct order.
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and
viewers. Sometimes people actually think the real news is an April Fools'
joke.
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( )
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documentary
of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of
people contacted the
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( )
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Some
of the most famous April Fools' jokes are quite amazing. My favourite
happened in 1957. The BBC showed a
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( )
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who
to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools' jokes
on their readers
|
( )
|
countries,
you have until noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after
midday,
|
( )
|
BBC
asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees! Another good one was
the “left-handed burger” advertised
|
( )
|
jokes
include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation
for people to apply to
|
( )
|
be
astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that,
you’ll believe anything!
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( 1 )
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April
Fools' Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can
play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes
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( )
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you
are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools' Day lasts the whole day.
On this day, you never know what or
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( )
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by
Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the juice would drip out of
the right hand side
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( )
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on
each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark
Twain famously said: “This is
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( )
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of
the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the traditional
right-handed burger. Other classic
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( )
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the day upon which we
are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.”
In some
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Scrambled
Sentences
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
1.
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can a
play day tricks
when It people
is
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2.
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No really
the origin one
knows exact
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3.
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tricks jokes
on play practical hoaxes
other , and
each
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4.
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have you
jokes your play
to noon until
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5.
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or what
know never you
believe to who
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6.
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Fools' the
jokes most are
famous quite April
amazing
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7.
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they grow
own trees could
their spaghetti
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hand juice
out right the
drip the side
would of
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invitation astronauts be
to apply to
people for
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anything that
, If you’ll
you believe believe
!
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WRITING
Write
about April Fools' Day for 10 minutes.
Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.
Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.
Answers
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