Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 250 · 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.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
2. 2.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
4. 4.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) write my own novel
5. 5.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read about first aid (b) learn the body systems (c) write 300 words a day (d) practise at the nets
7. 7.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) learn the body systems (c) join a coding club (d) do well in biology
8. 8.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
9. 9.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) a few minutes (b) one evening (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
10. 10.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read about first aid (b) build a small game (c) learn basic coding (d) run 2 km each morning
11. 11.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) finish school with 85% (c) jog 3 times this week (d) finish homework tonight
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) become a doctor (d) make a poster by Monday
14. 14.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) days or weeks (d) no time at all
15. 15.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read a novel a week (b) join a coding club (c) learn basic coding (d) run 2 km each morning
21. 21.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
22. 22.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
26. 26.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) read 30 pages this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) become a doctor
28. 28.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
29. 29.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) build a small game (b) learn the body systems (c) practise at the nets (d) do well in biology
31. 31.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) learn 10 words this week
32. 32.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
35. 35.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) jog 3 times this week (d) score 90% in Class 10
36. 36.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
39. 39.🪜 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
40. 40.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app

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