TO JOKE

Hello once again, everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Yesterday we explained the expression You're kidding! (used to say that you do not believe or agree with what someone is saying).

A synonym for this expression is You're joking! Today we are going to look at this expression in more detail.

Today's words are: to joke (verb); a joke (noun)

It means: to say things that are intended to make people laugh; to say something that is not true, to see if someone will believe you; something that you say or do that is intended to make people laugh.

Example 1: You should invite Jack to the dinner party. He's very funny and he's good at telling jokes. He'll make people laugh.

Example 2: Heather, don't be angry with me! I was only joking when I said that I thought you were bossy!

Example 3: Please stop joking. This is serious business and we need to talk about it.

⇒ To get some writing practice, I encourage you to write your own sentence (or two) with today's words. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about them ASAP.

Tomorrow we'll be back with our last lesson of the week.

I hope you have a fun day!