Opportunities— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer the question directly by saying what the activity was and briefly explaining how you benefited from it. Replace unnatural phrases such as “it offered me a lot of things” with “it brought me several benefits,” and correct “I I'm still” and “great grateful” to “I’m still” and “really grateful.” Use a linking word such as “As a result” before describing the benefits, and avoid the vague ending “that’s just better.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I had the opportunity to learn how to swim when I was a child. My mother encouraged me to take swimming lessons with my brother, and I made several close friends at the swimming academy. We are still in contact today, so I’m really grateful that she encouraged me to try it. Besides, knowing how to swim is an important and practical life skill.

Sugerencia: Give a clear opinion in the first sentence, then support it with one specific reason and an example or result. Correct “know how to do variety of things” to “have a variety of skills” or “try a variety of activities,” and replace the repeated references to the future with more precise language. Avoid the unnatural phrase “keep it with you”; say that these skills can be useful later in life.

Ejemplo: Definitely. People should try a variety of activities because they may discover new interests and develop useful skills. For example, learning a musical instrument or joining a sports team can improve both confidence and discipline. These experiences may also create opportunities that are valuable in the future.

× I have new friends from the swimming Academy and to this day I I'm still in contact with them.

✓ I made new friends at the swimming academy, and to this day, I am still in contact with them.

The activity happened in the past, so made is more appropriate than have. Use the simple past tense to describe an event that was completed during childhood. Also, at is the more natural preposition for describing the place where you made friends.

× I have new friends from the swimming Academy and to this day I I'm still in contact with them.

✓ I made new friends at the swimming academy, and to this day, I am still in contact with them.

I am is repeated as I am still. A sentence should contain only one subject and auxiliary verb combination in this clause. The phrase to this day is also usually separated by commas when it appears at the beginning of a clause.

× So I'm really great grateful for that.

✓ So I am really grateful for that.

Great cannot be placed before grateful in this expression. Grateful is the correct adjective, and really appropriately modifies the adjective grateful. Avoid using two adjectives together when they do not form a standard adjective phrase.

× So it's a really good opportunity for you if you know how to do variety of things and we don't know when it's going to benefit you.

✓ So it is a really good opportunity for you if you know how to do a variety of things, and we do not know when it is going to benefit you.

Variety is a singular countable noun in the expression a variety of things, so it needs the indefinite article a. Remember to use an article before a singular countable noun when it is not referring to a specific known thing.