Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 200 · 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.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) make a poster by Monday (d) write my own novel
4. 4.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
5. 5.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
6. 6.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) play in the state team (d) solve 5 sums today
9. 9.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) practise at the nets (b) build a small game (c) write 300 words a day (d) join a coding club
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
11. 11.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn to code an app (d) write my own novel
12. 12.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
13. 13.True or false: “play in the state team” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
15. 15.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
16. 16.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) finish homework tonight (d) be fluent in French
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn to code an app (d) read 30 pages this week
18. 18.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) be fluent in French (c) play in the state team (d) learn 10 words this week
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) read 30 pages this week (c) solve 5 sums today (d) tidy my desk today
20. 20.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) days or weeks (c) no time at all (d) many years
23. 23.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) build a small game (b) join the school team (c) learn the body systems (d) join a coding club
24. 24.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) once in 10 years (c) every few weeks (d) never
25. 25.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) keep a story diary (b) read a novel a week (c) learn basic coding (d) do well in biology
26. 26.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join the school team (b) learn the body systems (c) keep a story diary (d) do well in biology
28. 28.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) become a doctor (b) read 30 pages this week (c) solve 5 sums today (d) tidy my desk today
32. 32.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) finish school with 85% (c) finish homework tonight (d) tidy my desk today
34. 34.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) read about first aid (c) read a novel a week (d) join a coding club
35. 35.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
36. 36.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they replace it (c) they slow it down (d) they are unrelated
37. 37.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) finish school with 85% (c) write my own novel (d) play in the state team
40. 40.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) become a doctor (c) finish school with 85% (d) write my own novel

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