Opportunities— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer the question directly and complete your response with one or two specific examples. Avoid grammatical errors such as “take a part,” “do participate,” and “a different sports”; use “take part,” “participate,” and “different sports.” Also, use the past tense consistently because you are describing your childhood: “my parents always encouraged me.” The answer is unfinished, so explain what activities you joined and what you learned from them.

Example: Yes, I had many opportunities to try new activities as a child because my parents always encouraged me to explore my interests. For example, I took part in school debates and played cricket and football. These activities helped me become more confident and improve my communication skills.

Suggestion: Give a clear opinion in the first sentence and support it with a logically connected reason and a complete example. Correct the unnatural phrases “try distinct things as they can” and “the diverse areas of the life”; use “try as many different things as possible” and “different areas of life.” Avoid repeating “helps them” and finish the example, since the current answer is incomplete. Make sure the examples clearly support the idea of personal development rather than mentioning sports without explanation.

Example: Yes, I think people should try as many different things as possible. Doing so allows them to discover their interests and develop a wider range of skills. For instance, someone who tries a sport, a musical instrument, and public speaking may become healthier, more creative, and more confident.

× to take a part in new activities

✓ to take part in new activities

The expression is take part in, not take a part in. The noun part does not require an article in this fixed expression.

× as my parents are always encouraging me

✓ as my parents were always encouraging me

The question refers to the student's childhood, so the past tense were is needed instead of the present tense are.

× to do participate in different activities

✓ to participate in different activities

The verb participate should follow to directly. The auxiliary do is unnecessary in this affirmative infinitive structure.

× on a different sports

✓ in different sports

Sports is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. The phrase should use the plural form without a.

× different debate and competitions

✓ different debates and competitions

Because the student refers to more than one debate, debate should be pluralized as debates. The plural form agrees with competitions and the meaning of different activities.

× I have participated in different debate and competitions

✓ I participated in different debates and competitions

The participation happened during the student's childhood, a finished period in the past. Therefore, the simple past participated is more appropriate than the present perfect have participated.

× the diverse areas of the life

✓ the diverse areas of life

Life is used as an abstract, uncountable noun in the general expression areas of life, so it does not take the definite article the.

× broaden their knowledge on different sports

✓ broaden their knowledge of different sports

The natural collocation is knowledge of something. The preposition on is not appropriate in this context.

× such as cricket, football and

✓ such as cricket and football

The original phrase ends with the conjunction and, so it is incomplete. When listing only two examples, use and between them and do not leave the conjunction at the end.