What does goal mean?
Word: Goal
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Goal means the space between two posts that a ball must enter to score in games such as football and hockey, or the point scored when it does. It also means something you hope to achieve.
Synonyms: target
How do you spell goal?
Syllables: goal
Tricky part: The long oh sound is spelt with two vowels side by side. Children often write gole, the way hole is spelt.
Watch out for: gole, goel
Memory tip: Picture a goat kicking a ball into the net. The goat reminds you of the two vowels side by side.
Goal in a sentence
Example 1: Priya kicked the ball past the keeper and into the goal.
Example 2: The ball hit the post and missed the goal.
Example 3: My goal this year is to read twenty books.
Fun Fact
Nobody is quite sure where the word goal came from. In early writing about races, it seems to have meant the finishing point.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
ghoal
a) h
b) g
c) a
d) o
Show answer
a) h. That letter has crept in from words such as ghost; it has no place here.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) stadeum
b) champian
c) refery
d) goal
Show answer
d) goal. Stadium has an i before the um, referee ends in a double e, and champion ends in ion.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our team needed one more goal in the final minnit of the match.
a) team
b) match
c) minnit
d) goal
Show answer
c) minnit. Minute has one n and ends in ute.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
goal
a) team
b) kick
c) aim
d) draw
Show answer
c) aim. Your aim is what you are trying to achieve, which is the second meaning of this word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which game can a team score a goal?
a) badminton
b) handball
c) archery
d) cricket
Show answer
b) handball
2. Anu says her goal is to run five kilometres. What does she mean?
a) She wants to be able to run that far
b) She dislikes running that far
c) She has watched others run that far
d) She has already run that far
Show answer
a) She wants to be able to run that far
