Sex-Education Class
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I once took a sex education class at university, and a funny thing happened one day.
The teacher arrived and told us we’d be discussing sex positions that day, and asked us how many positions we knew. A young girl near me said, “seven.”
The professor said, “Very good.” But as he prepared to ask another student, a loud voice from the back of the lecture hall shouted, “ninety-one!”
The professor looked over his glasses but couldn’t really make out who had spoken. Finally, he called on a guy in the front row, and the guy said, “five.”
And again from the back, the same voice shouted, “ninety-one!”
Finally, the teacher pointed to a shy-looking lady sitting not far from me. She hesitated, then said, “Only one, Sir.”
The teacher asked, “Well, that’s unusual, young lady. And what position is that?”
“The one with the man on top and the woman under him,” she replied.
And from the back of the room, the same loud voice shouted, “ninety-two!”
📘 Key Vocabulary+
once: UNE FOIS
we’d be (we would be): NOUS ALLIONS
shouted: CRIA
to make (sth out): DISTINGUER (QQCH)
row: RANG
the one: CELLE / CELUI
📖 Grammar Points+
1. Past simple for completed narrative actions
The joke uses past simple throughout to tell the sequence of events: took, arrived, told, asked, said, prepared, shouted, looked, called, pointed, hesitated, replied. This tense moves the story forward clearly and chronologically. Learners can see how English speakers use past simple to list what happened one after another — from the teacher arriving to the final “ninety-two!” punchline.
2. Past continuous for background action
The joke uses past continuous to describe what was happening at a specific moment: “we’d be discussing” (future-in-the-past) and “he was preparing” (implied). Past continuous (was/were + -ing) sets the scene and describes actions in progress. For French speakers, this is similar to the imparfait. It contrasts with past simple, which describes completed actions.
🔁 Synonyms & Alternatives+
funny · humorous / amusing / comical
DRÔLE → also “amusant”
shy · timid / reserved / bashful
TIMIDE → also “réservé”
Both fit the narrative tone: “a humorous thing happened” or “a timid-looking lady”.
💬 Mini Dialogue+
Context: Two friends, Thabo and Lerato, are remembering a funny incident from their university days.
Thabo: “I once took a psychology class where the professor asked how many mental disorders we knew.”
Lerato: “What happened?”
Thabo: “A shy girl in the front row said ‘one’ — depression. Then a voice from the back shouted, ‘ninety-one!’”
Lerato: “The professor couldn’t make out who it was. Every time someone gave a number, the same voice added one more.”
Uses past simple for narrative actions (”took”, “asked”, “happened”, “said”), past continuous for setting the scene, and vocabulary items integrated naturally.
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