Select the most appropriate option to substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No improvement’.
There are many health-related benefits in becoming active and participating in local sport and recreational activity.

Correct option is B

Option (b) is correct – No improvement required.
Explanation:
The sentence is perfectly grammatical and parallel in structure. The gerunds “becoming” and “participating” correctly follow the preposition “in” and maintain parallelism.
Grammatical Rule Used:
· Gerunds (verb+ing) are used after prepositions, and both verbs should be in the same form for parallel structure.
Correct sentence:
There are many health-related benefits in becoming active and participating in local sport and recreational activity.
Why other options are incorrect:
· (a) becomes active and participates – wrong tense and breaks parallelism
· (c) becoming active and participating – same as original; no need to improve
· (d) become active and participate in – breaks gerund pattern and is less fluent