D- read the text and answer the questions:
john winston lennon was born in liverpool, england on october 9th, 1940. as a boy,
he was artistic and intelligent, but he was always a rebel. he started his first band the
quarry men and played cover songs. paul mccartney was the first of the beatles
john met, in 1956. and from paul he met george harrison in 1958. the band then
consisted of john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, stuart sutcliffe and pete
best, and was named the silver beatles.
they started playing on august 1st, 1960 in hamburg, west germany and on january
1st, 1961 they made their debut at the cavern club in liverpool. in 1962 stu sutcliffe
died, pete best left and richard ringo" starkey joined the group, now named "the
beatles". john married cynthia powell in august 1962 and on april 8th, 1963 his first
son julian was born.
in 1963 they played " want to hold your hand" and in 1964 they did their first tour in
the u. s.a. and it was a success. many songs became famous like "she loves you",
"help", "yesterday", "all you need is love", "let it be' and others. in 1966, the beatles
declared to be their last concert tour.
john lennon divorced and got married again with yoko ono on march 20th, 1969. the
beatles made their last performance as a group on january 30th, 1969 but only on
april 10th 1970 paul mccartney announced he was leaving the group due to "personal,
business and musical differences" and the beatles quietly came to an end. john and
yoko moved to new york in 1971.
john continued to write songs, such as "imagine". his son sean was born on october
9th, 1975. he and yoko recorded an album called "double fantasy' in 1980 but on
december 8th john lennon was killed in front of his home in new york city.
01. how old was john lennon when his children were born?
02. what was the beatles' first name?
03. who joined the group when pete best left the beatles?
04. what is the name of lennon's son with cynthia powell? how old is he now?
05. what was the name of john's final album?
06. when was the last performance of the beatles?
07. how old was john when he died? ​