This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)

Yellow Submarine – The Beatles – Notes Activity type: predicting, word order.

Grammar: Present simple, past simple.

Time: 30 mins.

Level: Intermediate

Note: This song can also be presented as a simple activity to very young students. Teach

them the colours. Ask them to draw the sky, the sea and a submarine and to colour them while listening to the song.

You can read an analysis of the lyrics on the Speak Up page of www.tuneintoenglish.com.

1) Write the following words on the board (do not write the asterisks!):

band * boat captain * door * drop *

friends * land * live * love man *

need * play * sail * save sea *

ship sky * water waves * window

2) Tell the students the title of the song. Ask them to predict which of the words will be in the

song. 3) Play the song and students tick the words they hear (the words marked with an asterisk

are in the song). 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to

rewrite the words in the correct order, in pairs or groups. (Note: the word beginning with a Capital letter is the first in each line). Make this into a game: the winners are the group who gets the most lines correct.

5) Play the complete song. Students correct their answers to 4). 6) Play the song again, pausing after each line, and replaying as often as necessary. 7) Allow them to check their answers with other students. 8) Correct, and sing together.

Further Grammar Practice:

Rewrite the verbs in the song in two columns named “Present Simple” and “Past Simple”.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)

Yellow Submarine – The Beatles The lyrics are mixed up – rewrite them in the correct order (the word beginning with a Capital letter is the first in each line) 1-where was the In I town born ______________________________ 2-man sailed a sea Lived who to ______________________________ 3-us he of his told And life ______________________________ 4-land submarines the In of ______________________________ 5-up sun sailed to we the So ______________________________ 6-a we green found sea of Till ______________________________ 7-beneath And we waves lived the ______________________________ 8-submarine our In yellow ______________________________ 9-submarine all We yellow a live in ______________________________ 10-submarine Yellow, submarine yellow ______________________________

(repeat lines 9 and 10) 11-all And are our aboard friends ______________________________ 12-them door more Many of live next ______________________________ 13-play the And to band begins ______________________________ 14-submarine all We yellow a live in ______________________________ 15-submarine Yellow, submarine yellow ______________________________

(repeat lines 14 and 15)

(Full speed ahead Mr.Boatswain, full speed ahead full speed ahead, it is Sergeant cut the cable, drop the cable

aye, Sir, aye, Captain, Captain) 15-live a ease life we As of ______________________________ 16-has one Every us of need all we ______________________________ 17-green Sky of sea and blue of ______________________________ 18-submarine our In yellow ______________________________ 19-submarine all We yellow a live in ______________________________ 20-submarine Yellow, submarine yellow ______________________________

(repeat lines 19 and 20 to fade)

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)

Yellow Submarine – The Beatles – Complete

In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea

And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed up to the sun Till we found a sea of green

And we lived beneath the waves 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 next door

And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

(Full speed ahead Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead

Full speed ahead it is, Sgt. Cut the cable, drop the cable

Aye, Sir, aye Captain, captain)

As we live a life of ease

Every one of us has all we need Sky of blue and sea of green

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

We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine