Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles · 1966
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Ah, look at all the lonely people
- Ah, look at all the lonely people
- Eleanor Rigby
- Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Echo the hook
- All the lonely people
- Where do they all come from?
- All the lonely people
- Where do they all belong?
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 3
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Where do they all come from?
Exercise 4
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What does he care?
Exercise 5
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Lives in a dream
Exercise 6
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Who is it for?
Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
No one comes near
Exercise 8
Choose the missing word:
Ah, look at all the ? people
Exercise 9
Choose the missing word:
No one ? near
Exercise 10
Choose the missing word:
What ? he care?
Exercise 11
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 12
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 13
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 14
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 15
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 16
How many times do you hear the word "lonely" in the whole song?
"lonely"
Exercise 17
How many times do you hear the word "people" in the whole song?
"people"
Exercise 18
Compare "Eleanor Rigby" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 19
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Eleanor Rigby", what would happen instead?
Exercise 20
Describe the mood of "Eleanor Rigby" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 21
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 22
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Eleanor Rigby" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 23
"Eleanor Rigby" was released in 1966. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 24
If you could ask The Beatles one question about "Eleanor Rigby", what would it be and why?
Exercise 25
Imagine you are making a short film with "Eleanor Rigby" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Eleanor Rigby" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Eleanor Rigby" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 29
If you had to summarize "Eleanor Rigby" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 30
Teach a friend one new English word from this song. Which word would it be, how would you define it, and what example sentence would you give?