There are people who are known as the first, the last or the only ones to do something.
1) What made these people known?
Leif Eriksson* was the first European to land1 in North America in the eleventh century.
Alfred the Great* was the only English king to have the epithet “the Great” in his name.
Owain Glyndwr* was the last Welshman to have the title of Prince of Wales.*
2) What structures are used to describe the people who were the first, the last or the only ones to do something? Read the rule and check. Read Learning to learn note No. 1.
3) Do you know what these people did? Match, listen to check and translate.
1) Richard Burbage was the first English actor
2) Elizabeth I was the last
3) Captain James Cook was the first European
4) Sir Robert Falcon Scott* was the second European
5) John Logie Baird was the first inventor
6) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first
7) Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist
a) to come to the South Foie in 1912.
b) English woman doctor to treat people.
c) to show television in 1926.
d) to visit the Moon.
e) Tudor* monarch* to rule1 England.
f) to play the role of Hamlet.*
g) to visit Australia.