Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #798 of 1319

goalkeeper (n.)

the player who guards the goal

Examples

  • The goalkeeper saved it.

Key rules

  • A goalkeeper is the player who protects the goal
  • A good goalkeeper, the goalkeeper saved it
  • Goalkeeper is countable

Common mistakes

  • The goalkeeper saved the balls → The goalkeeper saved the ball
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