Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 129 · 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.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are unrelated (c) they are its steps (d) they replace it
2. 2.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
3. 3.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) no time at all (d) days or weeks
4. 4.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
7. 7.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one lunch break (b) a few minutes (c) one evening (d) months or years
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) be fluent in French (c) write my own novel (d) tidy my desk today
9. 9.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
10. 10.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) practise at the nets (b) read about first aid (c) join the school team (d) keep a story diary
12. 12.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) only buy novels (c) one novel a month (d) no reading till Dec
13. 13.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
14. 14.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) play in the state team (c) finish school with 85% (d) score 90% in Class 10
17. 17.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) every few weeks (b) once in 10 years (c) never (d) only when it fails
18. 18.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) join the school team (b) learn basic coding (c) practise at the nets (d) write 300 words a day
19. 19.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) finish school with 85%
20. 20.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
22. 22.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) play in the state team (d) be fluent in French
24. 24.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
25. 25.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
27. 27.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) write a storybook (d) become a doctor
28. 28.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) write my own novel (c) learn 10 words this week (d) finish homework tonight
29. 29.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn the body systems (b) read a novel a week (c) join the school team (d) practise at the nets
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join the school team (b) learn the body systems (c) join a coding club (d) read a novel a week
31. 31.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
32. 32.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) finish homework tonight (c) read 30 pages this week (d) become a doctor
34. 34.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) make a poster by Monday (c) play in the state team (d) score 90% in Class 10
35. 35.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join the school team (b) read about first aid (c) practise at the nets (d) join a coding club
36. 36.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “keep a story diary” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
37. 37.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
38. 38.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it gives direction (b) it impresses friends (c) it ends the work (d) it is fun to say
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) learn to code an app (c) write my own novel (d) learn 10 words this week
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) write my own novel (d) finish homework tonight

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