coffee break english season 1 episode 3 [Music] hello everyone and welcome back to coffee break english my name is josie and my name's mark how are you today josie i'm very well thank you mark i'm excited for another episode how are you i'm well too and yes i too am looking forward to this episode because it's about music and i love music that's right me too and today we're talking about a very very famous english pop band it's the beatles excellent now josie what are the language points that we're going to be looking at today
today we'll be looking at the past simple tense okay well we can listen for them in the text let's have a listen and because we're talking about an english band let's listen to susan from london i'm sure you know the beatles they are one of the most famous pop bands in the world john lennon and paul mccartney created the band in liverpool in the uk in 1960 when they were teenagers at the beginning the band didn't have the same name they were called the quarrymen after a few months george harrison joined the band they changed
their name to the beatles and they went to hamburg in germany to play in bars and clubs in 1962 they fired their drummer because they didn't think he was very good then they found ringo starr and the band was complete they released their first album please please me in 1963 and soon they were famous all over the world the love and excitement of their fans was called beatlemania their fans screamed and cried at the beatles concerts and some of them even thought that the band had supernatural powers between 1963 and 1970 the beatles made 13
albums and even some films in 1970 after an incredible career of 10 years the band decided they didn't want to continue making music together and they separated the four beatles all had successful solo careers and paul mccartney and ringo starr are still making music today although they are quite old now john lennon died in 1980 after he was shot by a beatles fan in new york and george harrison died later in 2001 the beatles are still very famous today and there are many books and films about their amazing story in 2003 rolling stone magazine decided
that their album sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band was the best album of all time the beatles were actually inspired by another singer elvis presley when they were teenagers in liverpool they loved elvis and they wanted to be famous for their music just like him their dreams came true thank you susan so let's review the text and we can talk about some of the vocabulary and language that we find would you like to read the first phrase mark absolutely i'm sure you know the beatles they are one of the most famous pop bands in the
world yes so they are famous famous means everybody knows them they are very known okay john lennon and paul mccartney created the band in liverpool in the uk in 1960 when they were teenagers lots of information there yes this is quite a long phrase let's start at the beginning john lennon and paul mccartney created the band created is in the past simple tense because this of course happened in the past we make the past simple by just adding e d onto the end of the infinitive verb in this case the infinitive is create and create
already has an e on the end so we just add d create created so they created the band where in liverpool in the uk in 1960 okay so we've got a when there too in 1960 and that's when they were teenagers that's right just about 1960 often people think it's difficult to say dates in english but actually it's quite easy we can divide the date in the middle and say it in two separate numbers 1960 and that was when they were teenagers what's a teenager mark it's a young person who is between the ages of
13 and 19. that's right exactly and adolescent we could call them as well let's continue at the beginning the band didn't have the same name they were called the quarry men good so here we have another example of the past simple the band didn't have the same name this is the past simple in the negative form and to make that we just use the auxiliary verb the helping verb didn't and we put it in front of the infinitive verb didn't have okay so they didn't have the same name they had a different name they were
called the quarry men after a few months george harrison joined the band they changed their name to the beatles and they went to hamburg in germany to play in bars and clubs here we have three more examples of the past simple george harrison joined the band that's a regular past simple verb join plus edie they changed their name to the beatles that is similar to created in the first phrase change already ends in e so we just add d okay that makes sense but what about went yes went is an irregular verb so that means
it doesn't follow the same structure as the other verbs went is the past simple form of go it's very different from the verb go so we don't say they go to hamburg we say they went to hamburg it's irregular okay so they went to hamburg in germany to play in bars and clubs let's continue in 1962 they fired their drummer because they didn't think he was very good good they fired their drummer first of all what does fire mean mark they dismissed their drummer they told the drummer that he didn't have a job good and
the the drummer is the person who plays the drums in the band and fired it's in the past simple as well so they fired their drummer because they didn't think he was very good didn't think is the negative form of the past simple again with didn't okay then they found ringo starr and the band was complete good so they found ringo starr this is another example of an irregular verb in the past simple and the infinitive forum is find so i find in the present i found in the past okay so the band was complete
we have another irregular verb there that's right to be is irregular and we looked at um the past form of to be in the previous episode exactly okay let's go on they released their first album please please me in 1963 and soon they were famous all over the world good they released their first album released again it's the past simple and it's a regular verb and their first album please please me have you listened to this album mark i have listened to this album and i think it's great but i prefer their later albums ah
i think i prefer their earlier albums interesting okay and soon they were famous all over the world yes they were famous in many many countries in the world okay the love and excitement of their fans was called beetlemania yes i remember seeing some video clips and some pictures of beatles fans fans are people who love the beatles and they looked very very excited when they saw them that's right their fans screamed and cried at the beatles concerts and some of them even thought that the band had supernatural powers yes lots to talk about in this
phrase their fans screamed and cried maybe when you see a horror film you scream or when you see a spider or something scary you scream and they cried so when you are sad or emotional you you cry okay so screamed is regular we add edie but what about cried yes cried is a little different the infinitive of cry is c r y but when we change it to the past simple we remove the y and we add i e d so the past simple verb is spelt c r i e d and this works the
same way as for example to try that's right exactly right t-r-y in the infinitive and t-r-i-e-d in the past simple okay so their fans screamed and cried at the beatles concerts and some of them even thought that the band had supernatural powers yes so here we have two irregular verbs in the past simple the first one is thought so the infinitive of thought is think think in the present and thought in the past and the other irregular verb here yes the other irregular verb is had and that comes from have i have in the present
i had in the past and what are supernatural powers josie so a power is something that you can do if we think of a superhero the things that they can do are their powers the special things they can do for example superman can fly that is his power and supernatural that means more than natural not natural okay so we are going to take a short break and we'll be back in just a moment to read through the rest of our text [Music] each episode of the coffee break english podcast is free and you can use
our podcast to help you improve your english but there's more that's right we have a full course available on our website which will help you make faster progress and understand everything much better for every lesson we offer videos bonus audio recordings lesson notes with exercises and vocabulary lists in lots of languages all this is available on the coffee break academy so visit coffee break academy dot com [Music] okay we are talking about the beatles today that's right and we're also talking about the past simple tense before we continue with the text let's practice the past
simple a little bit mark that sounds like a good idea okay so what did you do last night mark last night i watched the tv and read a book that sounds very relaxing it was what did you do last night josie last night i cooked dinner and i called my mum on the phone how was your mum she was fine good to know um and notice there when we asked each other what we did last night the structure of this question is we need to use an auxiliary verb like we do in the present simple
to make questions in the present simple we use do for example what do you do and in the past simple we use did which is the past simple of do what did you do last night okay shall we continue with the text between 1963 and 1970 the beatles made 13 albums and even some films good so here we have the verb made which is the past simple of make okay in 1970 after an incredible career of 10 years the band decided they didn't want to continue making music together and they separated yes another long phrase
here so in 1970 after an incredible career what does incredible mean it means unbelievable wonderful amazing that's right very very good uh the band decided they didn't want to continue decided is the past simple it's a regular verb and didn't want that's a negative past simple and separated is just another past simple that's right let's continue the four beatles all had successful solo careers and paul mccartney and ringo starr are still making music today although they are quite old now good so the four beetles all had had as we saw before i think is the
past simple of have it's irregular they had successful solo careers josie what does successful mean so success as a noun success is something good that comes maybe in your life or your work like money or happiness or becoming famous like the beatles okay so they had successful solo careers when they sang on their own that's right when they sang alone and at the end of this phrase they had successful solo careers and paul mccartney and ringo starr are still making music today although they are quite old now what does all though mean it's very similar
to but that's right it's an alternative way to say but and the pronunciation of all though is quite difficult we spell it a l t h o u g h this o u g h that's quite difficult to pronounce sometimes there are different ways to pronounce it depending on the word that's right many different ways uh for now although just remember although okay john lennon died in 1980 after he was shot by a beatles fan in new york and george harrison died later in 2001. yes so john lennon died died is a regular verb in
the past simple in 1980 after he was shot by a beatles fan he was shot with a gun and george harrison died later in 2001. i say 2001 but i think in certain places that would be said differently that's right we can also say 2001 without the and and that's the same for all of the years from 2001 to 2021 2021 or 2021 they are the same okay let's continue on the beatles are still very famous today and there are many books and films about their amazing story in 2003 rolling stone magazine decided that their
album sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band was the best album of all time good rolling stone magazine decided decided regular past simple verb that sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band was the best album best means the number one the top very very good of all time so the the best album in history the beatles were actually inspired by another singer elvis presley when they were teenagers in liverpool they loved elvis and they wanted to be famous for their music just like him good another two uh regular past simple verbs here they loved elvis and they
wanted to be famous for their music and the final sentence mark well their dreams came true that's right and caim is an irregular verb the infinitive is come so i come in the present i came in the past and what does their dreams came true mean mark they were able to achieve everything they wanted to that's right it means the things that they dreamed about that they wanted to be famous like elvis those dreams they became reality their real life mark my final question for today who do you prefer the beatles or elvis [Music] i
think i prefer the beatles me too i'm a big beatles fan so that was the correct answer from you okay let's listen again to susan reading the whole text over to you susan i'm sure you know the beatles they are one of the most famous pop bands in the world john lennon and paul mccartney created the band in liverpool in the uk in 1960 when they were teenagers at the beginning the band didn't have the same name they were called the quarrymen after a few months george harrison joined the band they changed their name to
the beatles and they went to hamburg in germany to play in bars and clubs in 1960 they fired their drummer because they didn't think he was very good then they found ringo starr and the band was complete they released their first album please please me in 1960 and soon they were famous all over the world the love and excitement of their fans was called beatlemania their fans screamed and cried at the beatles concerts and some of them even thought that the band had supernatural powers between 1963 and 1970 the beatles made 13 albums and even
some films in 1970 after an incredible career of 10 years the band decided they didn't want to continue making music together and they separated the four beatles all had successful solo careers and paul mccartney and ringo starr are still making music today although they are quite old now john lennon died in 1980 after he was shot by a beatles fan in new york and george harrison died later in 2001. the beatles are still very famous today and there are many books and films about their amazing story in 2003 rolling stone magazine decided that their album
sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band was the best album of all time the beatles were actually inspired by another singer elvis presley when they were teenagers in liverpool they loved elvis and they wanted to be famous for their music just like him their dreams came true okay that's it for this episode of coffee break english if you would like to find out more about the beatles and about this simple past tense then you can use the lesson notes and bonus materials available on the coffee break academy just go to coffee break academy dot com that's
right mark and if you'd like to practice your english you can also do so on social media just search for coffee break english on facebook and on instagram where we post regular language challenges and cultural information and this week we'll be asking you about what music you like listening to okay we'll be back again soon with another text next time we'll be looking at the usa for now thank you and happy coffee breaking see you soon have been listening to a coffee break languages production for the radiolingua network copyright 2021 radiolingual limited recording copyright 2021
radiolingual limited all rights reserved
