THE BEATLES

LISTENING ACTIVITY:
Watch the video “THE HISTORY OF THE BEATLES” and complete the below
timeline:

YEAR IMPORTANT FACTS

1960 The Beatles band formed in Liverpool-England
1961 Scutcliffe left the band and McCartney became the new bass player.
1962
They joined the Parlaphone brand.
1963
The beatles made their debut with the song ¨´Please please me
1964 The Beatles began their debut in the USA.
1965
The beatles released their song yesterday.
1966
Jhon lennon said ¨he burned his records¨.
1967
They released the album Sergeant peppers
1968
They had animated movies
1970
They released a documentary about The beatles.
The most Popular Songs:

 Love me do
 …Please Please me
 From me to you
 She loves you
 I want tohold you hand
 Yesterday
 Nowhere man
 Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
 Hey jude
 Let it be
 Something

Why do you think they were so successful?

Reading Comprehension

1. Fill in the gaps with the verbs and words below:

Held Were screamed knew played join

bought appeared became gave

The Beatles
The four Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Georges Harrison and
Ringo Starr – 1.Were all born in Liverpool. John, Paul and Georges 2. held
each other at school and 3. played together in a band called The
Quarrymen in 1959. They were in their late teens. Ringo Starr didn’t 4.
join the group until 1962, after Stuart Sutcliffe, “the fifth Beatle”, died.
John, Georges and Paul played rhythm, lead and bass guitars. Ringo played
the drums. The Beatles started their career at the Cavern Club in Liverpol.
They first 5. appeared there without Ringo on 21st February 1961. On 9th
November Brian Epstein, a local record shop owner, saw the Beatles at a
lunchtime session. He met them and a month later he 6. became their
manager. Brian Epstein 7. gave the Beatles a new image – the famous
Beatles suits and Beatles haircut. In 1963 the group had their first Number
1 hit record in the UK charts with their single, “Please Please Me”. They
gave their first US concert on 11th February 1964. By April 1964 The
Beatles were top of the UK singles and album charts and they 8. were on
the top five places in the US charts. The next two years were the high
point of Beatlemania. Girls 9. screamed and wept when they went to
Beatles’ concerts. Everybody 10. bought their records. By 1966 The
Beatles had eight more number 1 hit singles and five Number 1 albums.

Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1. Where were the four Beatles born? (1 pt)
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2. Where did The Beatles start their career? (1 pt)
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3. When did they appear there? (1 pt)
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4. Who was their manager? How did he become so? (2 pts)
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5. What was The Beatles new image? (1 pt)
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6. What is the title of their single that was number 1 hit record in the UK
charts? (1 pt)
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7. When did they give their first US concert? (1 pt)
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8. What was the Beatlemania? ( 2 pts)
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