The Beatles

You are going to

• revise the past simple
• listen to a video about the Beatles and do a matching exercise
• read a text about the Beatles and do a gap-fill exercise
• do a quiz based on the information in the lesson

  

1) Discuss

2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first hit single.

• Who were the Beatles?
• What were their names?
• What did they do?

Watch the video to find out.

2) Do the matching exercise

Look at the exercise below. The information in the boxes on the right is in a different order to the film. Use your mouse to drag the information in the boxes on the right to the correct heading on the left.
Watch the film again if you need to.

Listen to this Beatles concert from 1964 while you do the gap fill exercise below.

3) Gap-fill

Read the text and fill in the gaps.

You can choose the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

Sgt Pepper

Abbey Road

4) Beatles Quiz

How much can you remember?

Do this quiz. There are 12 questions.

5) Writing

Choose someone famous that you like. Write about them.

• When was he / she born?
• Where was he / she from?
• What did he / she do?
• How did he / she become famous?
• Did he / she make films?
• Did he / she get married?
• Why do you like him / her?

6) More

Printable worksheet here

More Beatles http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/whats-so-special-about-beatles.html

More past simple practice

http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/past-simple-forms.html 

More practice with the Beatles  http://www.esllistening.org/beatles/home.html

More Beatles info and music  http://www.beatles.com/

And in the end...