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In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

 

 

 

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange.

 

Penny Lane

is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

 

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass

And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

 

 

 

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

 

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

 

 

In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,

We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.

 

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Grammar: the banker never wears a mack Present simple or progressive

 

ask your partner question 1

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What does a barber do?
2. What is he doing here?
3. What's on the photo's?
4. Does he like his job? Why?
5. Do people like him? Why?

 

 


6. Why do children laugh at him behind his back?
7. When should you wear a mack?
8. What does it mean that Penny Lane is in the author's ears and eyes?
9. What can you tell about the weather at that moment?
10. What is a suburb?
11. Is it relevant that the fireman has an hourglass?
12. How do you know that he is a monarchist?
13. How can you tell that the Fire Brigade is happy with this employee?

14.When can you buy fish and finger pies in Penny Lane?


15. Have you ever seen a shelter in the middle of a roundabout?
16. Who sells poppies from a tray?
17. Is this a logical place to sell anything? Why?
18. Do you ever get the feeling that you're in a play?
19. Is the barber now doing what he is supposed to do? Why?
20. Have we met the customer who is waiting for a trim?
21. Does the fireman wear a mack?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Barber

 

To show

 

Pleasure

 

Corner

 

Banker

 

Motorcar

 

Back

 

Mack

 

Pouring rain

 

Strange

 

Beneath

 

Suburban

 

Meanwhile

 

Hourglass

 

Pocket

 

Fire engine

 

Fish finger pie

 

Shelter

 

Roundabout

 

Poppies

 

Tray

 

Play

 

Customer

 

A trim

 

To rush

 

 

 

 

person who cuts men's hair and shaves them

 

let somebody see

 

happiness

 

point at which two lines meet

 

person who controls a bank

 

car

 

part of the body

 

coat made to keep out the rain

 

raining hard

 

difficult to understand

 

under

 

area away from the centre of a town

 

at the same time

 

glass container like a figure 8 with sand running f

 

part of your clothes in which you carry things

 

a car that carries firemen

 

fish stick with breadcrumbs

 

building giving protection against rain and wind

 

traffic circle.  cars go in a circle round it.

 

red flower

 

a flat piece of wood for carrying cups etc...

 

written piece to be played in a theatre

 

person who buys goods or services

 

you can have your hair trimmed = cut

 

to hurry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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