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Write a Knock-Knock Joke

Knock jokes have been popular for years. It’s easier to write one than you might think! Below are two examples of Knock jokes. A B Knock Who’s there? Robin who? Robin you – hand over the cash! Knock Who’s there? Boo who? Aww, don’t cry! Example A uses a person’s name to create the first line of a sentence: Robin sounds like Robbing, so the joke works because of the sound. Example B uses the ‘who’ answer to create the joke: ‘boo-hoo’ is how we might write someone crying.

Punchlines A punchline is the final phrase of a joke or story which delivers the humour. Without its punchline, a joke isn’t usually funny. On the next slide is a collection of Knock-Knock jokes that are missing their punchlines. Can you come up with a punchline for each one? Top Tip: sometimes the humour comes from the sound of the word, not the way it’s written. Say the jokes out loud so that you can hear them. This might help with working out a punchline!

Knock Who’s there? Doris (sounds like ‘door is’) Doris who? Knock Who’s there? Cow says who? Knock Who’s there? Dewey (sounds like ‘do we’) Dewey who? Knock Who’s there? Cash who (sounds like ‘cashew’ which is a type of nut) Knock Who’s there? Mikey (sounds like ‘my key’) Mikey who? Knock Who’s there? Tank who?

Try out your punchlines on your friends. Do they groan or laugh? Congratulations, you’ve just written a joke! Now, try writing your own knock-knock joke from scratch! Resource created by Jo Cotterill 2018