The Rise of Pickleball and Padel - Page 185

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Ready for C2 Proficiency Student's Book, Macmillan

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

DOMINATE

SIMPLE

COMPROMISE

TECH

EXCLUDE

ATTAIN

SIGNIFY

LAND

Only a decade ago, were you to have asked someone to name their favourite leisure (0) ___ , tennis was almost guaranteed to have been a common answer. Its popularity is (1) ___ due to it being very social as well as a good workout. However, padel and pickleball are fast becoming challengers. Many people attribute this to their relative (2) ___ compared to tennis, which is often seen as a more complex and (3) ___ sport, requiring expensive resources and high levels of physical fitness. Padel and pickleball, in contrast, are somewhat less (4) ___ demanding. Another thing in their favour is their accessible nature. While many tennis clubs maintain an air of (5) ___ , which can seem intimidating, padel and pickleball clubs are not seen as quite so (6) ___ to less affluent members of the community. It's unlikely that tennis will pale into (7) ___ in the coming decades, but one thing that we can say with some certainty is that both padel and pickleball are changing the (8) ___ of racket sports, and look set to continue.

The Rise of Pickleball and Padel

PURSUE

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