The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama

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The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

Michelle Obama was First Lady of the United States. She is also a lawyer, a wife and a mother. But that is not all. She has started many campaigns to help young people and make the world a better place. Michelle Obama has had an extraordinary life.

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