A Famous April Fool's Joke

10/10/2020 3:23:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • April Fool’s Day, which is the best day to play practical jokes, falls on 1st April every year.
  • One of the most famous April Fool's Day jokes was the spaghetti hoax in Britain. 

Let's explore it!

FACT: In Scotland, April Fool's Day celebration actually lasts two days.

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • When did the April Fool’s Day joke mentioned in the audio happen?
  • Where did people see this joke?
When did the April Fool’s Day joke mentioned in the audio happen?
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
Where did people see this joke?
  • On computer
  • In a book
  • On television

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

A Famous April Fool's Joke

April 1 is known as 's Day. It is a day when people play tricks on each other. One of the most famous April Fool's Day took place in 1957. It was in Britain. It was on the television news.

What did people see on their ? They saw people picking spaghetti! The spaghetti was hanging from trees. It looked real. Many people called the television station. They wanted to know where they could buy spaghetti trees!

Spaghetti does not grow on trees. It is made from and water. The news was a trick. It was an April Fool's Day joke that worked! 

Read and answer the following questions.

A Famous April Fool's Joke

The spaghetti tree trick in Britain. Image: tricountyindependent.com

April 1 is known as April Fool's Day. It is a day when people play tricks on each other. One of the most famous April Fool's Day jokes took place in 1957. It was in Britain. It was on the television news.

What did people see on their screens? They saw people picking spaghetti! The spaghetti was hanging from trees. It looked real. Many people called the television station. They wanted to know where they could buy spaghetti trees!

Spaghetti does not grow on trees. It is made from wheat flour and water. The news was a trick. It was an April Fool's Day joke that worked! 

Source: Daily Warm-ups Non-fiction Reading Grade 2

In the famous April Fool’s Day joke mentioned, what grew on trees?

  • noodles
  • candies
  • cookies
  • carrots

What was the spaghetti hanging from trees made from?

  • wheat flour and water
  • chocolate and oil
  • eggs and coconut milk
  • baking powder and wine

Why can the author tell that the spaghetti tree trick did work?

  • Because people saw it on television news.
  • Because the trick happened on April 1st.
  • Because people believed in having real spaghetti trees.
  • Because it was a trick taking place in Britain.

According to this passage, what you see on television _____

  • might be sad.
  • is sometimes boring.
  • might be not true.
  • is often mysterious.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. April 1 is known as 's Day.
  2. One of the most famous April Fool's Day took place in 1957.
  3. What did people see on their ?
  4. It is made from and water.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text. 

  1. The term , for a victim of a prank on April Fools' Day, dates back to the 1600s.
  2. is the most common flour used in baking.
  3. She tied his shoelaces together for a .
  4. Our television has a 19-inch .