🗓️ Idiom: Stay on Track (v)
💬 Meaning
- To continue doing what you planned or intended.
- Not getting distracted or losing focus.
🧠 Example Sentences
- We need to stay on track to finish the project on time.
- The meeting helped us stay on track with our goals.
- It is important to stay on track when working on a difficult task.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from the idea of trains staying on their rails or tracks. If a train stays on track, it moves forward correctly without problems. It is used to mean keeping focus and following a plan.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
We must ________ to finish the report by Friday.
Answer
stay on track
2. Multiple choice:
What does “stay on track” mean?
a) Get distracted
b) Continue following a plan
c) Change plans suddenly
Answer
b) Continue following a plan
3. Rewrite the sentence using “stay on track”:
“It is important to keep focused during the project.”
Answer
It is important to stay on track during the project.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
