Opportunities— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer the question directly by saying which activities you tried. Correct the grammar and use more natural collocations: say “numerous opportunities,” “take music lessons,” “improve my communication skills,” and “build my confidence.” Also, keep the verb tense consistent by using “helped,” “gave,” and “could.”

Example: Yes, I had several opportunities to try new activities as a child. I joined a sports team and took music lessons, which helped me improve my communication skills and build my confidence. As a result, I became more comfortable speaking in front of an audience.

Suggestion: Give a clear opinion in the first sentence and connect your explanation with a linking word such as “because.” Correct “it easier to them” to “it is easier for them,” and use parallel grammar in “improve their communication skills and gain confidence.” Add a specific result or example to make the answer more developed and natural.

Example: Yes, I think people should try a variety of activities, especially when they are young, because it is easier for them to discover their interests and strengths. For example, trying sports, music, or volunteering can help them develop useful skills, improve their communication, and gain confidence. Even if they do not continue with an activity, they can still learn something valuable from the experience.

× I had a numerous opportunity when I was a child.

✓ I had numerous opportunities when I was a child.

The quantifier numerous is used with plural countable nouns, so opportunity must be changed to opportunities.

× I had a numerous opportunity when I was a child.

✓ I had numerous opportunities when I was a child.

Numerous already functions as a quantifier meaning many, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Use numerous opportunities instead.

× I joined the sports team and learned music lessons.

✓ I joined a sports team and learned music lessons.

The sentence refers to one nonspecific sports team, so the indefinite article a is more appropriate than the definite article the.

× It helped me increase my communication skill and give me confident so that I can communicate and speak in front of the audience.

✓ It helped me increase my communication skills and give me confident so that I can communicate and speak in front of the audience.

Communication skills is a general ability made up of several skills, so the plural form skills is more appropriate here.

× It helped me increase my communication skill and give me confident so that I can communicate and speak in front of the audience.

✓ It helped me increase my communication skill and give me confidence so that I can communicate and speak in front of the audience.

Confident is an adjective, but the verb give requires a noun as its object in this expression. Use the noun confidence.

× People should try different things when they are young, uh it easier to them to discover their passion and figure out what they enjoy the most.

✓ People should try different things when they are young because it is easier for them to discover their passion and figure out what they enjoy the most.

The original sentence joins two independent clauses with only a comma and omits the verb is. Use because to connect the ideas and include the complete structure it is easier for them.

× People should try different things when they are young, uh it easier to them to discover their passion and figure out what they enjoy the most.

✓ People should try different things when they are young because it is easier for them to discover their passion and figure out what they enjoy the most.

The correct preposition after easier is for, as in it is easier for someone to do something.

× For example, experimenting with sports, music or volunteering can help them develop useful skill, improving communication and gain confidence in new situations.

✓ For example, experimenting with sports, music or volunteering can help them develop useful skills, improving communication and gain confidence in new situations.

The noun skills should be plural because the sentence refers to several useful abilities.

× For example, experimenting with sports, music or volunteering can help them develop useful skill, improving communication and gain confidence in new situations.

✓ For example, experimenting with sports, music or volunteering can help them develop useful skills, improve communication and gain confidence in new situations.

After help them develop, the following verbs should maintain a parallel base-form structure: develop, improve, and gain. The present participle improving breaks this parallel structure, so it should be changed to improve.