Confusing words

Chance vs. Opportunity

Hi guys❗ I'm sure that you have ever heard these words, which sometimes are confused.

Do you know what the difference between them is❓ If you don't know it, read the following ❷ conversations and try to guess. Good luck 🍀❗

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Jane: Who is winning❓

John: None. The teams are drawing 1-1, but our team is in with a chance of winning the match.

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Mark: Do you have any plans for holidays❓
Gina: Well, Sophie has the opportunity to travel to Lima; So we're visiting Caral.
Mark: Crikey❗ I've heard about Caral in a TV programme. It is well worth a visit.
Gina: Would you like to join us❓
Mark: Of course❗

Did you guess the difference between these nouns❓ Well; if you are 😕, don´t 😟 don´t 😢. Let´s see their uses 😉.

Chance
The possibility that something will happen.

       The teams are drawing 1-1, but our team is in with a chance of winning the match..
                                                                                       ↳ be with a chance of + gerund/noun

*Be with a chance means have a possibility.

Opportunity
The occasion when a situation makes it possible to do something or something happen.

     Sophie has the opportunity to travel to Lima; so we're viviting Caral.
                 ↳ have the opportunity to + infinitive
*Caral is the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas.

Remember❗

We say chance to refer to the possibility that something happen.

We use the noun opportunity to mean the time when a situation makes something possible to happen.

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