Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 225 · 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: “tidy my desk today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) jog 3 times this week (c) finish school with 85% (d) play in the state team
3. 3.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they slow it down (c) they are unrelated (d) they replace it
5. 5.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
6. 6.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
7. 7.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
8. 8.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
11. 11.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read a novel a week (b) practise at the nets (c) do well in biology (d) learn basic coding
12. 12.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” 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) only buy novels (b) one novel a month (c) 12 novels in June (d) no reading till Dec
15. 15.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
16. 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) do well in biology (c) learn the body systems (d) read about first aid
17. 17.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) finish homework tonight (c) become a doctor (d) solve 5 sums today
18. 18.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read a novel a week (b) read about first aid (c) learn the body systems (d) practise at the nets
19. 19.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) never (c) every few weeks (d) once in 10 years
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) learn 10 words this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) tidy my desk today
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) be fluent in French (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
24. 24.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) months or years (c) a few minutes (d) one lunch break
25. 25.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn 10 words this week (d) score 90% in Class 10
26. 26.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) learn the body systems (c) join the school team (d) write 300 words a day
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) make a poster by Monday
28. 28.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join the school team (b) join a coding club (c) read a novel a week (d) learn the body systems
30. 30.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) a whole lifetime (c) many years (d) days or weeks
31. 31.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
32. 32.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
34. 34.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) play in the state team (c) solve 5 sums today (d) learn 10 words this week
36. 36.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) become a doctor (c) learn to code an app (d) finish homework tonight
38. 38.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) read about first aid (c) build a small game (d) join the school team
40. 40.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read a novel a week (b) write 300 words a day (c) do well in biology (d) join the school team

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