Practice these 38 sentences on success to gain confidence with this word! Not only that, but we will perfect our pronunciation, too! Also, scroll down to find some idioms related to success, such as “ahead of the pack” and some conversational practice in the form of questions. Let’s succeed with English today!
Sentences on success
Here is the first set of sentences about success. I would recommend reading and repeating them all so that you can get comfortable with them. Success is an English noun that means we achieved an aim or a goal.
- Success means that you have reached your goal
- People generally feel quite happy if they are successful in the workplace
- Athletes who achieve success usually have one thing in common – a great work ethic
- People feel a sense of success if they actively help people
- If the dinner that you cook yourself tastes great, then you have had some success!
- learning to speak a foreign language can symbolize success in your life.
- If you can save up enough money to buy something you really want, then that is a financial success!
- To have a successful garden, you’ve got to tend to it often.
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Sentences about success: at school
Here are some sentences about success that focus on school life.
- To get an A grade is a big success, and should not be ignored.
- I’m sure that if you study hard, you’ll be able to find success in school.
- One form of success at school is being able to socialize and make friends.
- If you can finish your homework on time regularly, you’ll feel successful.
- Success in school is not only academic. If you compete and make an effort in sports, that’s great too!
Sentences about success: at work
Here are 5 sentences on success that focus on the topic of work.
- Finding a job that you enjoy is a success. it’s not only about what you earn.
- After finishing a project of some kind, we can call that success.
- I think that helping your co-workers is also a kind of success.
- Without a doubt, earning a raise or promotion shows success.
- A small success can be organizing your desk or workspace neatly.
How to pronounce success
So far we have just made sentences about success. but now, seeing as we’re an English language learning website, let’s practice how to pronounce success, too! We pronounce the word like this: /səkˈsɛs/. Listen and repeat with me:
Dave has not had any success with his garden this year
Paragraph about success
Here is a short paragraph about success that can be used for reading and writing practice.
Success does not have to be about grand achievements. Even small things that we do in daily life demonstrate success. This could be anything from waking up early so that we can enjoy the peace and quiet in the morning, carefully preparing a healthy meal for ourselves, or just being organized in our day and getting stuff done that we wanted to, each one of these can be a step towards our personal goals. I think that recognizing that we have achieved these little goals gives us confidence and satisfaction that can send us forward so that we can achieve even bigger successes. Just remember, that every mountain peak that you aim to climb begins with the decision to start from the foothills.
Questions about success
We shall now practice English conversation. Use these questions about success as speaking practice and also try to make your own answers to these questions, using full sentences, too.
- In your opinion what does success look like?
- Can you think of a time when you were successful?
- How can success be measured?
- Is success only connected to achieving goals?
- Have you had any small successes lately?
- Is hard work a prerequisite for success?
- When you have any successes, how do you celebrate them?
- Is failure an important component of success?
- Who’s the most successful person you have met?
- How important is regular goal setting for success?
- What makes a successful person?
- Have you been successful in anything?
- Is Success a relative thing?
- What things hamper our success?
- What things encourage success?
Succeed in a sentence
Let’s not practice the verb succeed in a sentence. to succeed means to win or to be successful in doing something. Read and repeat all of these sentences to improve your verb usage!
- I think that if you keep practicing the guitar, you will succeed in becoming a decent player.
- Mary succeeded in passing her math exam.
- I hope to succeed in completing a full Marathon one day.
- In what areas of your work do you succeed the most at?
- Have you ever succeeded in anything, when you thought you wouldn’t?
How to pronounce the succeed
Let’s now practice how to pronounce the verb succeed. It goes like this: /səkˈsiːd/ Repeat with me:
He could not succeed in passing his English exam.
Idioms about success
There are plenty of English idioms that are related to success. let’s practice a few now.
| Idiom about success | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Hit the nail on the head | If you have done something perfectly, or gotten the answer perfectly correct, then you have hit the nail on the head. |
| On top of the world | If you have achieved success and you feel really happy about it, then you are feeling on top of the world! |
| Knocked it out of the park | If you did something really really well, then you knocked it out of the park! |
| The world is your oyster | If you have freedom and opportunity to do anything or go anywhere, then we can say the world is your oyster. It hints at limitless potential. |
| Ahead of the pack | If you are in the leading position, then you’re ahead of the pack. |
Sentences on success: talk about achievement
I hope you’ve enjoyed all of these sentences on success today! I think that if you have read all of them, and also the paragraphs and pronunciation practices, then you’ll have a really good grounding in the word and its meaning. Keep going with your English studies to achieve success every day! Don’t forget, there are plenty more example sentence articles here at Natural English Central to grow your English with!