Opportunities— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Your answer has a clear topic and gives a relevant example, but it ends incompletely. Avoid repetition in “team team,” use the correct past tense “practised,” and replace “always look at” with a complete idea. You could also add a specific detail, such as how often you trained or what you learned from volleyball. Use a linking word such as “As a result” to connect the activity with its benefits.

Ejemplo: Yes. When I was a child, I had the opportunity to join a volleyball club. I really enjoyed playing in a team because I liked the teamwork and the social side of the sport. I practised twice a week, and as a result, I became more confident and made several close friends.

Sugerencia: Your opinion is clear, but several phrases are grammatically incorrect or unnatural, especially “try everything on anything,” “open mind,” and “explore themselves what they should like.” Say “try as many different things as they can,” “broaden their minds,” and “discover what they enjoy.” Support your opinion with one specific example or result, and use a linking word such as “because” or “For example.”

Ejemplo: Yes, definitely. I think people should try as many different activities as they can because this helps them broaden their minds and discover what they really enjoy. For example, someone might try a new sport or hobby and find a talent they never knew they had. It can also help people become more confident and adaptable.

× I discovered I really enjoy playing on a team because of the teamwork and the social side.

✓ I discovered I really enjoyed playing on a team because of the teamwork and the social side.

The sentence describes a past childhood experience, so the verb enjoy should be in the past tense: enjoyed. Keep the tense consistent when describing events that happened in the past.

× So I practice regularly and always look at volleyball matches.

✓ So I practiced regularly and always looked at volleyball matches.

The speaker is talking about habits during childhood, which is a finished period in the past. Therefore, practice should become practiced and look should become looked. Use the past simple for completed past habits.

× Yes, definitely. I think people should try everything on anything think as they can because it can open mind and explore themselves what they should like.

✓ Yes, definitely. I think people should try as many different things as they can because this can open their minds and help them explore what they like.

The original sentence contains an incorrect and incomplete sequence of words: everything on anything think as they can. The correct structure is try as many different things as they can. Use the pattern as many + plural countable noun + as they can when discussing a large number of activities.

× because it can open mind

✓ because this can open their minds

The noun mind refers to the minds of people in general, so it should be plural: minds. The possessive determiner their is also needed because the minds belong to people. Use a plural noun when referring to the corresponding feature of several people.

× and explore themselves what they should like

✓ and help them explore what they like

The reflexive pronoun themselves cannot be used before what they like in this structure. After help, use the object pronoun them because it refers to people, and use explore what they like to express the intended meaning. Use reflexive pronouns only when the subject and object refer to the same person or people in a suitable reflexive construction.

× what they should like

✓ what they like

Should expresses advice, expectation, or obligation, but the intended meaning is the things people enjoy or prefer. Therefore, the simple present like is more appropriate. Use should only when you mean that someone ought to like something or is expected to like it.