Everyone can be extraordinary Language in use: What have they done in their lives? Fill in the gaps. Use the words in the green box and write the correct forms of the present perfect tense. Robert Irwin, Steve Irwin’s son, is only a teenager. But he has done lots of extraordinary things. He has acted 1 in films, he 2 wild animals on TV, he 3 to Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, he 4 wonderful photos of dangerous animals, he 5 a book series about his life and he 6 crocodiles in the Australian bush. Frankenstein’s monster has done a lot of bad things. But the monster is proud of some extraordinary things that he has also done. This is what he says about his life: “I 7 how to speak without1 having a family, I 8 books without going to school, I 9 a girl from drowning2, I 10 a poor family, I 11 the friend of a man who wasn’t able to see and I 12 to the North Pole.” 1 without – ohne 2 to drown – ertrinken Writing: What have you done in your life? Which things have you done that make your life extraordinary? Write five sentences. Use the present perfect tense and some of the sentence starters below. 1 act • be • become • catch • help • learn • present • read • save • take • travel • write 2 Useful phrases What makes my life extraordinary is that I have … I think it’s really special that I have … Lots of people cannot believe that I have … Not many of my friends know that I have … What’s unusual about me is that I have … P 9 Unit nine What a life! 2 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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