Arbeitsblatt: Past simple

Past simple – The Beatles Task 1: Read the text and mark all the verb forms in the past simple. The four Beatles were born in Liverpool. George Harrison was the lead guitarist. John Lennon was the rhythm guitarist. Paul McCartney played the bass guitar and Ringo Starr was the drummer. They started to play together at Liverpool club, The Cavern. Their first record, Love me do, appeared in 1962. They stayed together for the next eight years. Where the Beatles arrived, there was big change in the music industry. The group travelled all over the world. Their fans followed them in the street and waited for them at airports. People listened to their music in nearly every country in the world. Everyone loved them! Then in 1970 everything changed. They werent happy together. Their musical interests were different and they wanted different things. It was the end of the Beatles. But they were perhaps the greatest band in the history of popular music. lot of people continue to buy their records today! Vocabulary: to arrive ankommen change Veränderung different unterschiedlich to continue weitermachen Task2: Watch the video about The Beatles. Task 3: Look again at the article about the Beatles. Are the sentences true or false? 1) John Lennon was born in Liverpool. True 2) Ringo Starr wasnt the rhythm guitarist. 3) The band played at The Cavern, club in Liverpool. 4) Their first record appeared in 1970. 5) After 1962 they stayed in Liverpool for eight years. 6) The Beatles changed the music industry. 7) People listened to their music all over the world. 8) Everyone liked them. 9) In 1970 their musical interests were the same. 10) The Beatles arent popular (beliebt) today. Task 4: Read the key grammar about the past simple. Then mark all the exceptions (Ausnahmen) in the text about The Beatles with red marker. Key grammar: Past simple – regular verbs Regular verbs in the past simple end in – ed: want – wanted Exception (Ausnahmen): With verbs ending in e we add d arrived live lived With short verbs with stressed consonant, we double the consonant: stop stopped With verbs ending in consonant work worked arrive travel travelled and y, we change the in ied: try tried studied but: play played study stay stayed