Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 185 · 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 school with 85%”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
2. 2.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) solve 5 sums today (c) read 30 pages this week (d) be fluent in French
3. 3.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) play in the state team (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) make a poster by Monday
5. 5.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) read about first aid (c) keep a story diary (d) build a small game
7. 7.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) keep a story diary (b) learn basic coding (c) read about first aid (d) practise at the nets
8. 8.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
9. 9.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
10. 10.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
12. 12.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “be fluent in French”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
14. 14.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) write my own novel (d) be fluent in French
16. 16.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) become a doctor (c) tidy my desk today (d) write my own novel
17. 17.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
20. 20.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish school with 85% (c) play in the state team (d) become a doctor
22. 22.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) play in the state team (c) make a poster by Monday (d) jog 3 times this week
23. 23.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) finish homework tonight (d) become a doctor
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) become a doctor (c) write my own novel (d) score 90% in Class 10
27. 27.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
28. 28.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) finish school with 85% (c) become a doctor (d) solve 5 sums today
29. 29.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) days or weeks (d) no time at all
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) read about first aid (b) practise at the nets (c) build a small game (d) read a novel a week
31. 31.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) a few minutes (c) months or years (d) one lunch break
32. 32.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it impresses friends (b) it is fun to say (c) it ends the work (d) it gives direction
34. 34.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) jog 3 times this week (c) play in the state team (d) score 90% in Class 10
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish homework tonight (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) be fluent in French
36. 36.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
37. 37.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are unrelated (c) they replace it (d) they are its steps
38. 38.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
39. 39.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal

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