Read the texts. Click on the right answer. 1. The boss of a company called one of his employees into his office. The young man had started work at the company a few weeks before and he sat down nervously. ‘When you started working here a month ago, your salary was $50,000,’ said the boss. Two weeks later, I doubled your salary to $100,000. Now I’m going to pay you $250,000 a year. What do you say to that?’ ‘Thanks, Dad,’ said he young man.

2. The American comedian Jack Benny was famous for being mean. One day, he had been to the bank and he was on his way home, when a robber appeared and pointed a gun at him. ‘Your money or your life!’ hissed the robber. There was a long silence. “What’s the matter with you?’ said the robber. ‘I said: ‘Your money or your life!’ ‘I’m thinking about it,’ said the old man.

3. A man asked a millionaire, a friend of his, how he had become so rich. ‘As a young man, I was very poor,’ he said. ‘I spent my last $100 on a second-hand car. I spent the next week repairing it. Then I sold the car for $200. With the $200, I bought two second-hand cars. I spent next two weeks repairing them. Then I sold them for $400. It wasn’t much but I had made a profit of $200.’ ‘What happened next? Asked the friend. ‘My wife’s father died and left me $10 million,’ said the millionaire.

Click the two main characters of the first joke.

Click the two main characters of the second joke.

Click the two main characters of the third joke

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