Opportunities— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer the question directly in the first sentence, then give two or three specific supporting details. Correct the grammatical errors: say “as a child,” “many competitions,” and “won many prizes,” not “own many prizes.” Avoid the sentence fragment “As child.” Also, “in later life” is unclear because the activities happened during childhood; say “as a result” or explain when you won the prizes. Use more natural expressions such as “build my confidence” rather than “build up my confidence and public speaking skills.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I had several opportunities to try new activities as a child. My school offered clubs for singing, dancing and recitation, and I joined all three of them. I also took part in several competitions and won a few prizes. As a result, I became more confident and developed better public-speaking skills.

Sugerencia: Your opinion is clear and your example is relevant, but improve the grammar and naturalness of several phrases. Say “as many different things as they can,” not “as many as different things as they can.” Use “extracurricular activities help people build confidence and develop skills,” not “helps people to build confidence and skills in them.” You could also make the answer more balanced by mentioning that people should try different activities but focus on those they genuinely enjoy. Use a linking phrase such as “For instance” before your example and avoid repeating “skills.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I think people should try a variety of activities, especially when they are young. Doing so can help them discover their interests and develop useful skills. For instance, joining a debating club can improve their public-speaking and quick-thinking abilities. However, they do not need to continue every activity if they find that it does not suit them.

× As child.

✓ When I was a child, my school had clubs for singing, dancing, and recitation.

The singular countable noun child requires the indefinite article a. The corrected version also connects the fragment to the following sentence and makes the meaning complete. Use a or an before a singular countable noun when referring to one non-specific person or thing.

× As child.

✓ When I was a child, my school had clubs for singing, dancing, and recitation.

As child is a sentence fragment because it has no main verb. Combining it with the following sentence creates a complete sentence with the verb had. Check that every sentence contains a subject and a finite verb.

× I took part in all those clubs and I attended many competition and own many prizes in later life.

✓ I took part in all those clubs, attended many competitions, and won many prizes later in life.

The quantifier many must be followed by a plural countable noun, so competition should be competitions. After many, use the plural form when referring to more than one event. Practise checking whether nouns following numbers or quantifiers need a plural ending.

× I took part in all those clubs and I attended many competition and own many prizes in later life.

✓ I took part in all those clubs, attended many competitions, and won many prizes later in life.

The response describes completed events in the past, so the verb must be in the past tense. Own is not the correct past-tense verb here; the intended verb is win, whose past form is won. When describing completed childhood experiences, use past-tense forms consistently.

× Yes, people should definitely try as many as different things as they can because extracurricular activities helps people to build confidence and skills in them.

✓ Yes, people should definitely try as many different things as they can because extracurricular activities help people build their confidence and skills.

The correct pattern is as many + plural noun + as, so the words as many should come directly before different things. Do not place the second as between many and the adjective. Remember the structure: as many different activities as possible.

× Yes, people should definitely try as many as different things as they can because extracurricular activities helps people to build confidence and skills in them.

✓ Yes, people should definitely try as many different things as they can because extracurricular activities help people build their confidence and skills.

Extracurricular activities is a plural subject, so it must take the plural verb help, not the singular verb helps. Check the subject before choosing the verb form, especially when the subject ends in -s because it is plural.

× Yes, people should definitely try as many as different things as they can because extracurricular activities helps people to build confidence and skills in them.

✓ Yes, people should definitely try as many different things as they can because extracurricular activities help people build their confidence and skills.

The pronoun them does not clearly or naturally refer to people in this sentence. The possessive pronoun their correctly shows that the confidence and skills belong to the people. Use their before nouns to express possession by people or plural subjects.