Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 11 · 40 questions

Study tip (The ladder and the top): Short-term goal: days or weeks (“read 30 pages this week”). Long-term goal: months or years (“score 90% in Class 10”). Every long-term goal needs a few short-term goals that lead to it — “do well in biology” is a step towards “become a doctor”. Look at your long-term goal every few weeks and pick the next short-term steps.

1. 1.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
2. 2.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
5. 5.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) every few weeks (c) never (d) once in 10 years
6. 6.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
7. 7.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
8. 8.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
9. 9.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) learn basic coding (b) read about first aid (c) learn the body systems (d) practise at the nets
11. 11.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) play in the state team (c) write my own novel (d) finish homework tonight
13. 13.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) no reading till Dec (c) only buy novels (d) one novel a month
15. 15.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) learn 10 words this week (c) learn to code an app (d) play in the state team
16. 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join the school team (b) do well in biology (c) read about first aid (d) keep a story diary
17. 17.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) learn to code an app (c) finish homework tonight (d) score 90% in Class 10
20. 20.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) finish school with 85% (c) write my own novel (d) learn to code an app
22. 22.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
23. 23.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) become a doctor (c) tidy my desk today (d) learn to code an app
25. 25.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) jog 3 times this week (c) tidy my desk today (d) score 90% in Class 10
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) finish homework tonight (c) make a poster by Monday (d) read 30 pages this week
28. 28.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) solve 5 sums today (c) be fluent in French (d) play in the state team
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) be fluent in French (c) tidy my desk today (d) read 30 pages this week
30. 30.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) tidy my desk today (d) learn to code an app
32. 32.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
33. 33.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn the body systems (b) practise at the nets (c) write 300 words a day (d) read a novel a week
34. 34.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
36. 36.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) be fluent in French (c) jog 3 times this week (d) make a poster by Monday
37. 37.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they replace it (b) they slow it down (c) they are its steps (d) they are unrelated
38. 38.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “be fluent in French”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
40. 40.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app

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