b (Qi£cle)the c o r r e c t v e r b form i n t h e q u e s t i o n s .

4 READING
1 W h e n ( w a s ) / h a s b e e n John L e n n o n born?
a Read the t e x t a b o u t John L e n n o n . O r d e r the p a r a g r a p h s 1-7.
2 W h a t did his mother buy / has his mother
b o u g h t for h i m ?
3 H o w l o n g w e r e / h a v e b e e n T h e Beatles together?
4 H o w d i d J o h n L e n n o n die / h a s J o h n L e n n o n died?
5 H o w many albums d i d Julian L e n n o n m a k e /
has Julian L e n n o n made?
6 W h i c h instrument d i d S e a n L e n n o n play /
h a s S e a n L e n n o n p l a y e d w i t h d i f f e r e n t bands?

c Underline five words y o u don't k n o w . Use your

d i c t i o n a r y t o check t h e i r m e a n i n g a n d p r o n u n c i a t i o n .

5 LISTENING
a fflifcHiflit Listen t o a radio p r o g r a m m e about the
A m e r i c a n actress a n d singer Judy G a r l a n d a n d
John Lennon and his sons her daughter, L i z a M i n n e l l i . H o w old were they
w h e n t h e y f i r s t p e r f o r m e d o n stage?
H Z 7] On 8 December, 1980, one of John Lennon's fans shot
him outside his apartment. Since then, both o f his sons have
become musicians. Julian Lennon has made six albums and
Sean Lennon has sung and played bass guitar w i t h a number o f
different bands. So far, however, neither of them have been as
successful as their father.
2 John Lennon was born in Liverpool on 9 October, 1940.
His parents separated when he was five, so he went t o live
with an aunt and uncle. However, he stayed in contact w i t h his
mother, who played him Elvis Presley records and t a u g h t him
how t o play the banjo. b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d m a r k t h e sentences T ( t r u e ) o r
H I6 Before The Beatles broke up in 1970, John met the F (false).
Japanese artist, Yoko Ono, and he divorced his first wife. He Both women...
left the band and continued making music both on his own and
1 were b o r n i n the U S A . T_
with Yoko. Their son, Sean, was born on 9 October, 1975 and
John stayed at home t o look after him.
2 changed t h e i r names. T
3 started p e r f o r m i n g w h e n they were very young. T
3 When John was 15, his mother bought him his first guitar.
He formed his first band called The Quarrymen while he was
4 w o n Oscars. T
still at school. When he left school, he started a course at A r t 5 sang together at the L o n d o n P a l l a d i u m . T
College, but the band t o o k up a lot o f his time, so he didn't 6 had problems.
finish t h e course. 7 got m a r r i e d m o r e t h a n once.
T
5 The band released their first single 'Love Me Do' in 8 had three c h i l d r e n . F
October, 1962. They started touring t h e country. John married
his first wife, Cynthia, in secret, and his first son, Julian, was
born while they were away. Fans went mad wherever The U S E F U L W O R D S AND P H R A S E S
Beatles played and all of their albums reached t h e number one
L e a r n these words and phrases.
spot in the charts.
award /a'woid/ talented /'trebntid/
H ! I The singer-songwriter and guitarist John Lennon is one
c a p t a i n /'kaeptm/ be i n f l u e n c e d b y
of the greatest musicians of all time. Songs like Givepeacea
chance and Imagine made him famous all over the w o r l d . f u n e r a l /'fjumaral/ /bi 'nfluanst bai/
4 John met Paul McCartney at the second performance of
injure /'ind3a/ ( f o l l o w i n sb's) footsteps

The Quarrymen and he soon joined the band. Later, George eldest /'eldist/ /'fotsteps/
Harrison joined them as lead guitarist. In 1960, they became respected /n'spektid/ f o r m a band /fb:m a baend/
The Beatles and they started looking f o r a drummer. Ringo
Starr replaced their original drummer, Pete Best, in 1962.
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