Песни на уроках английского

EXERCISES TO THE SONG YELLOW SUBMARINE (BY THE BEATLES)

Comprehension Check

Exercise 1: Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with a word you hear:
Yellow Submarine
In the town where I was _________ (1)
_________ (2) a man who ___________(3) to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines.
So we __________ (4) on to the sun
Till we __________ (5) the sea of green.
And we lived beneath the ____________ (6)
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live ____________ (7).
And the band ______________ (8) to play…
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And we live a life of _____________ (9),
Everyone of us has all we need,
Sky of __________ (10) and sea of ____________ (11)
In our yellow submarine.
Key: 1) born; 2) lived; 3) sailed; 4) sailed; 5) found; 6) waves; 7) next door; 8) begins; 9) ease; 10) blue; 11) green.
Exercise 2: What is the song about? Tick the topics mentioned in the song:

1. traveling;
2. environment problems;
3. sea;
4. water pollution;
5. undersea world;
6. life of a sailor;
7. modern art;
8. music.

Key: a; c; f; h
Speaking and writing.
Exercise 3: Choose one topic from Ex.2 and make a list of questions you will ask your partner. Then work in pairs and practice the dialogues.
Vocabulary and Grammar Work
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in the correct tense form:
A sailor who (live) in Boston (sail) to the sea one summer day. The weather (be) good, hot and sunny. While he (sail), he (see) many ships passing by. Suddenly he (see) a small fishing boat with two young men. They (cry):”Help us, please!” -”What’s the matter?” – asked the sailor. “We (get) lost. Where are we?”–they asked him. So the sailor (answer): “Well, my friends, (not; worry). You (be) now almost fifty km from the sea shore. It’s not so far, really.”
Key: lives/lived; sailed; was; was sailing; saw; saw; were crying; got; answered; don’t worry; are
Exercise 5: Use the song and your imagination to complete the story in writing:
A man called ____________ lived in __________. He worked as a ______________.
So one day he invited ________________ to a ________________. He was wearing _____, ____________, _________ and________. “Let’s sail to the far-away countries”, he made a suggestion. “Where to?” asked one of the men. “To ____________”, was the answer. They decided to set off on _______________ at__________________ in a _________.
On the ____________ day of their journey they saw a ________________. So they…