Speaking vocabulary
Future plans and goals
Use these expressions to speak more precisely about future plans and goals. Learn the meaning from context, then make your own example rather than memorising a complete answer.
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set a measurable goal
- Meaning: choose an aim with a result you can check.
- Example: I set a measurable goal of completing four practice sessions.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to describe.
- Use “set a measurable goal” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
make steady progress
- Meaning: improve gradually and consistently.
- Example: Short daily sessions helped me make steady progress.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to explain.
- Use “make steady progress” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
review my priorities
- Meaning: think again about what matters most.
- Example: At the start of each month, I review my priorities.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to compare.
- Use “review my priorities” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
a long-term ambition
- Meaning: an important aim for the distant future.
- Example: Teaching abroad is a long-term ambition of mine.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to give an example.
- Use “a long-term ambition” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
take the first step
- Meaning: begin an activity or process.
- Example: Joining a beginner class helped me take the first step.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to qualify an opinion.
- Use “take the first step” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
stay flexible
- Meaning: remain willing to change plans.
- Example: We need to stay flexible when circumstances change.
- Context: future plans and goals. Use the phrase to discuss effects.
- Use “stay flexible” naturally in one sentence about future plans and goals.
- Check the words around the phrase in the example; change pronouns and verb forms to fit your sentence.
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