1. 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 * friends * need * ship
boat land * play * sky *
captain * live * sail * water
door * love save waves *
drop * man * sea * 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)

2. 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)
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Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)

3. 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
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)