to access free topic sheets worksheets or to book an online class visit ilearneasy.co.uk pan in this video we will learn about puns a pun is a humorous use of words that convey another meaning puns are commonly used in everyday spoken english we can also use puns in writing to make our writing more interesting to the reader and to create a humorous effect for example i like kids but i don't think i could eat a whole one in this example the word kid has two meanings it can refer to a child or a young goat so this pun adds a humorous effect to the sentence another example is a boiled egg for breakfast is hard to beat in this example the word beet has two meanings remember that a pan is a figure of speech this means that it shouldn't be taken literally as the words in the sentence convey a different meaning you