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READ
The Beatles are probably the most popular band in music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' triumphant return to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 from their first tour to the USA. It was also just in time for the premiere of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considered one of the landmarks in their rise to fame. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four started on the road to stardom. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to mark the beauty and peacefulness of the Beatles' music in time for spring. UNESCO declared January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
The official Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an opportunity for the community of Liverpool to get together and celebrate the musical legacy of The Beatles, with a variety of artists from different styles performing throughout the day. It is also a chance to help raise money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes money to various Liverpool charities." Bands from around the world gather in Liverpool and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles wigs or take photos of themselves to copy the album covers from the band. It is a festive occasion on which the organisers hope to have fun, bring back the spirit of Beatlemania, and raise money for charity.
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PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article.
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probably the most popular
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of their first movie
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The Beatles' triumphant return to
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road to stardom
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in time for the premiere
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their rise to fame
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one of the landmarks in
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band in music history
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the Fab Four started on the
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of the Beatles' music
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the beauty and peacefulness
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their hometown, Liverpool
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an opportunity for the community of
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legacy of The Beatles
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celebrate the musical
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of Beatlemania
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a variety of artists
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money for charity
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People wear
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Liverpool to get together
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bring back the spirit
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Beatles wigs
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raise
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from different styles
LISTENING GAP FILL
The Beatles are probably the (1) _______________________ music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' triumphant return to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 (2) ______________________ the USA. It was (3) _______________________ premiere of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considered one of the landmarks (4) _______________________. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four (5) _____________________ stardom. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to mark the beauty and peacefulness of the Beatles' (6) _______________________. UNESCO declared January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
The official Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an opportunity for the community of Liverpool (7) _______________________ celebrate (8) _______________________ The Beatles, with a variety of artists from different styles performing throughout the day. It is also a (9) _______________________ money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes money to various Liverpool charities." Bands from (10) _______________________ in Liverpool and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles wigs or take photos of themselves to (11) _______________________ from the band. It is a festive occasion (12) _______________________ hope to have fun, bring back the spirit of Beatlemania, and raise money for charity.
WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL
Put the words into the gaps in the text.
The Beatles are probably the most (1) ____________ band in music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' triumphant (2) ____________ to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 from their first tour to the USA. It was also just in time for the (3) ____________ of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considered one of the (4) ____________ in their rise to (5) ____________. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four started on the (6) ____________ to stardom. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to (7) ____________ the beauty and peacefulness of the Beatles' music in time for spring. UNESCO (8) ____________ January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
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The official Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an (9) ____________ for the community of Liverpool to get together and celebrate the musical (10) ____________ of The Beatles, with a variety of artists from different styles performing (11) ____________ the day. It is also a chance to help (12) ____________ money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes money to various Liverpool charities." Bands from around the world (13) ____________ in Liverpool and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles (14) ____________ or take photos of themselves to copy the album covers from the band. It is a festive occasion on which the organisers (15) ____________ to have fun, bring back the spirit of Beatlemania, and raise money for (16) ____________.
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CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
The Beatles are probably the most common / popular band in music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' triumphant / triumph return to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 from their first tour to the USA. It was also just in time for the premier / premiere of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considering / considered one of the landmarks in their rise to fame / famous. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated / celebration as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four started on the street / road to stardom. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to market / mark the beauty and peacefulness of the Beatles' music in tempo / time for spring. UNESCO declared / declaration January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
The official / officials Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an opportunity for the commune / community of Liverpool to get together and celebrate the musical lethargy / legacy of The Beatles, with a variety / various of artists from different styles performing throughout the day. It is also a chance / chances to help raise money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes money to / of various Liverpool charities." Bands from around the world together / gather in Liverpool and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles twigs / wigs or take photos of themselves to copy the album covers from the band. It is a festive occasionally / occasion on which the organisers hope to have fun, bring back the spirit / spirited of Beatlemania, and raise money for charity.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
The Beatles are probably the most (1) ____ band in music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' (2) ____ return to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 from their first (3) ____ to the USA. It was also just in time for the premiere of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considered one of the landmarks in their rise to (4) ____. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four started on the road to (5) ____. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to mark the beauty and peacefulness of the Beatles' music in time for spring. UNESCO (6) ____ January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
The official Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an (7) ____ for the community of Liverpool to get together and celebrate the (8) ____ legacy of The Beatles, with a variety of artists from different styles performing throughout the day. It is also a chance to help (9) ____ money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes money to (10) ____ Liverpool charities." Bands from around the world gather in Liverpool and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles wigs or (11) ____ photos of themselves to copy the album covers from the band. It is a festive occasion on which the organisers hope to have fun, bring back the (12) ____ of Beatlemania, and raise money for charity.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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(a)
common
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biggest
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ordinary
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popular
2.
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triumphant
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triumphs
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triumph
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triumphing
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toured
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touring
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tour
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tourist
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(a)
famed
(b)
fame
(c)
famous
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infamy
5.
(a)
starring
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starred
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star
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stardom
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(a)
declared
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revelled
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originated
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combined
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chance
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opportunity
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opening
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operation
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musical
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musician
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musicality
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music
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(a)
up
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raise
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heighten
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increase
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(a)
variously
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virulent
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variety
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various
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took
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take
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taken
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taking
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spirit
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split
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sprite
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splinter
SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
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time for the premiere of their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night". This day is considered one
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money to various Liverpool charities." Bands from around the world gather in Liverpool
( )
peacefulness of the Beatles' music in time for spring. UNESCO declared January 16 as The Beatles Day in 2001.
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as Beatles Day in both Liverpool and Hamburg, the cities where the Fab Four started on the road
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copy the album covers from the band. It is a festive occasion on which the organisers
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The Beatles are probably the most popular band in music history. Beatles Day celebrates The Beatles' triumphant return
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together and celebrate the musical legacy of The Beatles, with a variety of artists from different
( )
hope to have fun, bring back the spirit of Beatlemania, and raise money for charity.
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to stardom. There are other "Beatles Day" holidays. In the USA, it is on February the 27th to mark the beauty and
( )
to their hometown, Liverpool, on 10 July 1964 from their first tour to the USA. It was also just in
( )
and play Beatles music. People wear Beatles wigs or take photos of themselves to
( )
of the landmarks in their rise to fame. Since 2008, its anniversary has been celebrated
( )
styles performing throughout the day. It is also a chance to help raise money for the Beatles Day Foundation, which contributes
( )
The official Beatles Day website says: "Beatles Day is an opportunity for the community of Liverpool to get
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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history popular band Probably in the music most.
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to return triumphant Beatles' The hometown their.
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in time for the premiere of their first movie Just.
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of in to One landmarks rise the their fame.
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16 as The. Beatles Day in 2001 UNESCO declared January
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of legacy musical the Celebrate Beatles The.
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variety styles of performing artists from A different.
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in around Liverpool the world Bands gather from.
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wigs photos Beatles take themselves wear or of People.
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and the Beatlemania money back of raise Bring spirit.
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about The Beatles. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about The Beatles. Write about what happens around the world. Include two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about The Beatles. Write about will happen on this day around the world.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
ANSWERS
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