Learn English with the Beatles

Home

listen

Study the words of the following song :

1. read and try to understand the lyrics

using the 'Babylon Dictionary' site.

2. listen to the song and read the lyrics

3. ask each other the questions

4. fill in the blanks while listening

5. read the lyrics aloud 'in pairs'

6. do the grammar exercise

I look at all the lonely people

I look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face
that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie, writing the words
of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father Mackenzie from "Eleanor Rigby"

Eleanor Rigby blanks Babylon Dictionary

Eleanor Rigby statue

Grammar:Where do they all come from? Questions.

Ask your partner question 1

He/ she asks you question 2, etc....

1. What makes people lonely?
2. Are there many lonely people according to this song?

3. What does Eleanor Rigby pick up in the church?
4. What has just happened?
5. Any idea what her dream might be about?
6. What is said about her face?
7. What could that mean in your opinion?
8. Is it for anybody in particular?

9. Which two questions are asked here about lonely people?

10. What could be the relationship between Eleonar Rigby and Father McKenzie?
11. Why will no one hear the words of the sermon?
12. Why would he be darning his socks in the night?
13. Does he care?

14. What happened to Eleanor Rigby in the church?
15. Why is it mentioned here that she was buried along with her name?
16. How many people were actually present at the burial?
17. How do you know that?
18. Try to give your own explanation for the last sentence.

Eleanor Rigby Words

Lonely-- alone
Rice----- type of food which is thrown at weddings
Wedding --marriage ceremony
A jar---- glass, like a jar of jam
Sermon- talk in church service
To darn--to repair a hole
To bury -to put into a grave
To wipe- to clean away
Dirt------ unclean things

Imagine you are Eleanor Rigby.
Write your story in at least 100 words.