The Beatles:
Speaking & Listening
More fun
activities about The Beatles. They are not
tests!
Read
the related pages before starting these
role-plays.
Speaking & Listening - whole class
Possible
roles: John, Paul, George,
Pete Best: the rest of the class can be
immigration officers
1. Work in groups of five. You are immigration
officers in Hamburg in 1960. You suspect that The
Beatles do not have the correct papers to live
and work in Germany.
Interview the
band members, using the reports you
wrote here. You have to
decide whether to deport
them!
2.
It's 1962. The Beatles are about to become famous
but John, George and Paul are not happy with
their drummer, Pete
Best.
They approach Brian Epstein and ask him to
replace Pete with Ringo
Starr. George Martin is
also unhappy with Pete's drumming.
Brian reluctantly tells Pete. Pete then goes to
ask the others why they are sacking him.
Possible
roles: John, Paul, George,
Ringo, Pete Best, Pete's mum, George Martin,
Brian Epstein.
3. A television crew
has come to Abbey Road to interview The Beatles
just before they break
up. Role play the
scene in groups:
Possible
roles: John, Paul, George,
Ringo, George Martin, Linda McCartney, Yoko Ono,
TV interviewer, cameraman/woman.
How much do you know about The Beatles? Try this quiz and this date matching exercise.
