57+ english teacher jokes
- Why don’t English teachers go to the zoo? Because they can’t bear to see a split infinitive.
- Why did the English teacher go broke? Because she kept giving out too many ‘B’s.
- What did the noun say to the verb? “You’re so tense!”
- What’s the difference between a cat and a comma? One has claws at the end of its paws, and one is a pause at the end of a clause.
- Why was the English book feeling cold? It had lost all its covers.
- Why did the grammar teacher become an archaeologist? Because he was in love with past tenses.
- Why did the English teacher get arrested? She ended a sentence with a proposition.
- Why did the run-on sentence refuse to get in shape? It wouldn’t stop for any periods!
- Why was the English teacher cross-eyed? She couldn’t control her pupils.
- Why did the English teacher carry a ladder? To reach the top of the grammar tree.
- What does an English teacher do at a baseball game? Ask the batter to explain their run-on home.
- Why do English teachers always seem stressed? They have too many sentences to complete.
- Why didn’t the sun study English? It was too bright already.
- Why are English teachers good at gardening? Because they know their roots.
- Why did the English teacher visit the bakery? Because she kneaded all the rolls.
- Why did the English teacher bring a map to class? To explain where to put a colon.
- Why couldn’t the string attend the English class? It couldn’t tie up its loose ends.
- Why did the English teacher go to therapy? She had too many unresolved issues.
- Why don’t English teachers play hide and seek? They always get caught behind clauses.
- Why did the English teacher go to jail? Because he broke a paragraph.
- What’s an English teacher’s favorite exercise? Synonym rolls.
- Why did the English teacher always carry a pencil behind his ear? In case he came across a sketchy sentence.
- Why couldn’t the English teacher play poker? She always showed her clauses.
- What does an English teacher call Santa’s helpers? Subordinate Clauses.
- Why do English teachers never get lost? Because they always follow the paragraph structure.
- Why do English teachers make terrible lawyers? They’re always objecting to sentences.
- What advice did the English teacher give to the sugary drink? “Just chill, but never freeze.”
- Why did the English teacher join the circus? He was looking for a juggling clause.
- What is an English teacher’s favorite clothing brand? Verses.
- Why did the English teacher break up with his girlfriend? She didn’t appreciate his puns.
- Why couldn’t the English teacher see the movie? It was rated ‘R’ for run-on sentences.
- Why do English teachers make bad detectives? They keep reading between the lines.
- Why did the English teacher get a ticket? She was caught speeding up her sentences.
- Why was the English teacher upset with her GPS? It kept telling her to take the wrong route.
- Why did the English teacher go to the beach? To surf the sentences.
- What is an English teacher’s favorite coffee? A synonym roast.
- Why did the English teacher write on the window? She wanted to make the sentences clear.
- What do you call an English teacher on a boat? A sea-noun.
- Why do English teachers make terrible secret agents? They can’t keep their sentences to themselves.
- Why was the English teacher always tired? Because she was always correcting her sleep cycles.
- Why did the English teacher become a chef? She knew how to whisk the words.
- Why couldn’t the English teacher play chess? She kept trying to check the king’s grammar.
- Why did the English teacher always carry a red pen? To mark the end of her sentences.
- What did the English teacher say to the student who failed their grammar test? “You have a lot of tense issues.”
- Why do English teachers make terrible judges? They always want to revise the sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at yoga? She was always bending and stretching sentences.
- Why do English teachers always carry an umbrella? They need to shield themselves from the rain of errors.
- Why did the English teacher visit the dairy farm? She wanted to teach the calves about homophones.
- Why did the English teacher get stuck in the novel? She lost track of the plot.
- Why do English teachers hate playing football? They keep getting penalized for pass interference.
- Why did the English teacher go to the opera? To correct the libretto’s grammar.
- Why was the English teacher good at boxing? She knew where to place the punctuation.
- Why do English teachers like to garden? They get to plant punctuation marks.
- Why did the English teacher sit on her dictionary? She wanted to get to the root of the words.
- Why do English teachers make good carpenters? They’re experts at framing sentences.
- What did the English teacher say at the fortune teller’s? “I see a future perfect tense!”
- Why did the English teacher go fishing? He was hunting for a good hook for his essay.
- Why was the English teacher a bad driver? She kept veering off the subject.
- Why do English teachers never play monopoly? They’re always passing Go and not collecting $200.
- Why do English teachers make good magicians? They know how to pull phrases out of thin air.
- Why was the English teacher good at tennis? She served up great sentences.
- Why do English teachers make great cooks? They know the recipe for a well-structured paragraph.
- Why did the English teacher go to the dance? She had the perfect iambic pentameter.
- Why don’t English teachers like to play chess? They don’t want to deal with the queen’s English.
- Why do English teachers make good musicians? They know how to play the right notes.
- Why did the English teacher go to the football match? To find the missing full stop.
- Why do English teachers make poor mechanics? They can’t handle run-on engines.
- Why was the English teacher good at horseback riding? She knew how to rein in her sentences.
- Why don’t English teachers get invited to parties? They keep trying to correct the invitations.
- Why was the English teacher good at surfing? She could ride the waves of words.
- Why did the English teacher bring a thesaurus to the fight? He wanted to throw words, not punches.
- Why do English teachers hate playing cards? They’re always dealing with shuffled sentences.
- Why did the English teacher wear eyeglasses? To improve her sentence vision.
- Why do English teachers make bad politicians? They can’t handle the press.
- Why did the English teacher go to the hardware store? To find the right tools for the job.
- Why don’t English teachers like playing video games? They can’t get past the character dialogue.
- Why was the English teacher good at basketball? She could always find the right angle.
- Why did the English teacher go to the casino? She thought she could beat the odds.
- Why did the English teacher keep a cat? Because it was always on the write page.
- Why don’t English teachers play basketball? They can’t handle the fast breaks.
- Why was the English teacher afraid of the Internet? She was afraid of getting caught in the Web.
- Why did the English teacher go to the art museum? She was looking for a portrait of a sentence.
- Why did the English teacher go to the doctor? She had a bad case of the verbs.
- Why don’t English teachers make good actors? They keep forgetting their lines.
- Why did the English teacher go to the concert? She wanted to hear the beat of the sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at soccer? She knew where to place the commas.
- Why did the English teacher go to the construction site? She wanted to build strong sentences.
- Why was the English teacher afraid of the calendar? It had too many dates.
- Why did the English teacher go to the library? She was looking for the right words.
- Why don’t English teachers make good sailors? They get seasick from all the waves of words.
- Why did the English teacher go to the spa? She wanted to relax her sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at golf? She could always find the right swing.
- Why don’t English teachers make good doctors? They keep diagnosing grammar problems.
- Why did the English teacher go to the gym? She wanted to exercise her vocabulary.
- Why was the English teacher good at knitting? She knew how to weave words together.
- Why did the English teacher go to the circus? She wanted to see the sentence acrobats.
- Why don’t English teachers make good comedians? They keep messing up the punchline.
- Why was the English teacher afraid of the jungle? Too many dangling modifiers.
- Why did the English teacher go to the mountain? She wanted to scale the height of the language.
- Why don’t English teachers make good detectives? They always end up in a syntax.
- Why was the English teacher good at yoga? She was flexible with her sentences.
- Why did the English teacher go to the space? She wanted to see the stars of grammar.
- Why don’t English teachers like to eat sushi? They prefer raw sentences.
- Why was the English teacher afraid of the supermarket? Too many aisles to choose from.
- Why did the English teacher go to the race? She wanted to see if the sentences could keep pace.
- Why don’t English teachers like to play scrabble? They always end up with too many vowels.
- Why was the English teacher good at pottery? She could mold sentences into any shape.
- Why did the English teacher go to the beach? She wanted to comb through sentences.
- Why don’t English teachers like to play the lottery? They don’t like to gamble with their words.
- Why was the English teacher good at the stock market? She could predict the rise and fall of sentences.
- Why did the English teacher go to the zoo? She wanted to teach the animals about animal metaphors.
- Why don’t English teachers like to watch horror movies? They get too scared by the suspense.
- Why was the English teacher good at archery? She always hit the mark with her sentences.
- Why did the English teacher go to the skating rink? She wanted to glide through her sentences.
- Why don’t English teachers like to watch reality shows? They prefer scripted sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at swimming? She could navigate through a sea of words.
- Why did the English teacher go to the botanical garden? She wanted to see the root of words.
- Why don’t English teachers like to ride bikes? They prefer to walk through sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at painting? She could illustrate her sentences.
- Why did the English teacher go to the museum? She wanted to see the art of language.
- Why don’t English teachers like to cook? They don’t like to stir up trouble in their sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at bird watching? She could spot the adjectives.
- Why did the English teacher go to the bar? She wanted to drown her grammar sorrows.
- Why don’t English teachers like to watch the news? They don’t like hearing about breaking sentences.
- Why was the English teacher good at gardening? She knew how to prune her sentences.