Answers and explanations
- Ones. ‘Ones’ refers to the people who are lucky enough to live close enough to the sea or the ocean. We often use ‘one’ to avoid word repetition when the context makes it clear what we mean by this word. Note the plural form as required by the structure ‘one of’.
- Up. To take something up means to get involved in a new hobby or activity. We use the gerund form as dictated by the verb pattern – we use it after the verb ‘to consider’, e.g. ‘to consider doing something’.
- By/With. We are using a passive form here, and we need to introduce the agent, or the thing that performs the action (the wave, in this case). Both ‘by’ and ‘with’ work fine with the verb ‘push’.
- As. People recognize it as something of value. In other words, they accept and acknowledge the fact.
- Held. Knowing the right collocation is expected of you at the B2 level. It is ‘to hold a competition’. Note that ‘hosted’ is not good enough here, because it focuses on the country that is in charge of organising the competition.
- First/Oldest. Contextually, we get the hint that it is a very old sport – both ‘first’ and ‘oldest’ work fine here.
- Into. ‘To get get into something’ is to become actively engaged in a particular activity, in this case the hobby of surfing. Note the difference between ‘to be into something’ and ‘to get into something’. The first means that you already take part in it, while the other shows the act of change from not doing it.
- Out. In this context, if you try something out, you try doing it to see if you like it or whether you would want to do it again.
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