Lesson Plan for Teachers: How to Swear in English

Lesson Plan for Teachers: How to Swear in English

Swearing in English: Warm-up Questions

1 Does your native language have many swear words? Are they stronger than those in English?

2 Brainstorm: What other words mean jerk? (E. g. He is a jerk (an annoying person). )

3 Brainstorm: What other verbs do you know that mean have sex?

Swearing in English: What would you say in the following situations if you were angry?

1 Someone tells you that you are ugly.

2 You get home and find your partner cheating on you with another person.

3 You step in dog poop.

4 Someone phones you at 6 AM to sell you something.

5 You lock your car keys in your car.

Swearing in English: Replace the underlined expressions with a word from the below box.

what the fuck bitch suck fuck me fuck it fuck off

A: Excuse me. Would you like to purchase a subscription to Celebrity Gossip Magazine? B: Go away!	A: The clerk at the store was so rude. B: I know. She was such a girl with a bad attitude.
A: David, you’re fired. Please clean out your desk and go home. B: Oh no, my life is over. I just bought a house.	A: What is happening? Why is there a car in my driveway? B: Weird. I don’t know.
A: Erin, do you want to dance? B: No, thanks. I am really bad at dancing.	A: Mike, the dog has run away again! B: Who cares. The dog will come back if it wants to.

Swearing in English: Some Similar Expressions

Go away! = get lost / go to hell / fuck off!

Jerk = dick / dickhead / prick / fucker / motherfucker / asshole / cunt

Have sex = do it / shag / bang / screw / fuck

* Bonus Question: Which of the above words mean penis?

Swearing in English: How do you make these expressions stronger? (answers at end of pg. 2)

Darn it. à

What the heck. à

Oh my gosh. à