John Lennon - 2

He died on 8th December 1980 in New York. A madman assassinated him. We don't know why he killed him, maybe because he loved him too much, maybe because he was jealous, maybe because he regretted the Beatles, maybe because he wanted to take his place.

The Beatles

Listen to Imagine, one of his greatest hits:

John Lennon - 1

This is a newspaper article published on 9th December 1980. It's about John Lennon.

John Lennon - 1

This is a newspaper article about John Lennon's death published on 9th December 1980.
John Lennon was an English singer-songwriter. He was born on 9th October 1940 in Liverpool in England. His career lasted for 20 years. He played with The Beatles for 10 years then he had a solo career for 10 years.

Hugh Jackman

 

A meeting

Identity questions

Britney Spears

Britney Spears was born on 22nd December 1981 in Kentwood, Louisianna. She's an American singer. She's famous for her songs "Womanizer" and "Baby One More Time". She was only 16 at the time.


Watch the video clip of her first hit:

Crookie's mistake

Be au prétérit

• Le prétérit en anglais est un des temps du passé. 
• Il n'y a aucune correspondance entre les temps du passé en français et en anglais.

• Le verbe BE conjugué au prétérit:

I was

You were

He / She / It was

We were

You were

They were

A lesson with a video and an exercise here.

Have fun!

John Lennon

It's a newspaper article about John Lennon's death.
He was born on 9th October 1940 in Liverpool, England. He was an English singer-songwriter. He played rock music with The Beatles from 1960 to 1970. He married Yoko Ono in 1969.
He died in New York on 8th December 1980. He was assassinated by a madman.

 

The Beatles

Listen to Imagine, one of Lennon's greatest hits.

Date of birth

Now listen and repeat these dates of birth:

Celebrities

Mister You
- 10 pupils like him because he's a very good singer.
- 9 pupils don't like him because he sings rap.

Rihanna:
- 9 pupils like her because she sings very well.
- 9 pupils don't like her because they don't like her music.

Max meets Bruce

Date of birth

Now listen and repeat these dates of birth:

Nationalities

Listen to the lesson:


Listen and read the script in your book p. 120:

Bryan Adams

Watch this video of one of his most famous songs, for the film Robin Hood with Kevin Costner (1991). He was very young then!:


You can listen to his other great hits here.

Descriptions

Identity

Questions

Who have you chosen? /Who is it?
How tall is he / she?
What is his / her hair like?
What are his / her eyes like?
Has he / she got glasses / dimples / freckles... ?

Descriptions

Birth date

Descriptions

Describing somebody

Here is a fun interactive book to practise describing somebody. Click on the picture to go to the book and play!

Enjoy!