Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 295 · 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: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “play in the state team” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) learn 10 words this week (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
7. 7.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) days or weeks (b) no time at all (c) a whole lifetime (d) many years
8. 8.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) be fluent in French (d) finish school with 85%
10. 10.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
12. 12.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
13. 13.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪜 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
16. 16.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn to code an app (b) read 30 pages this week (c) jog 3 times this week (d) finish homework tonight
19. 19.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
24. 24.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) build a small game (b) learn the body systems (c) run 2 km each morning (d) keep a story diary
25. 25.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) finish school with 85% (c) solve 5 sums today (d) make a poster by Monday
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) jog 3 times this week (c) write my own novel (d) solve 5 sums today
27. 27.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) keep a story diary (b) read about first aid (c) build a small game (d) run 2 km each morning
28. 28.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
30. 30.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) every few weeks (b) only when it fails (c) never (d) once in 10 years
31. 31.🪜 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
32. 32.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) play in the state team (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) finish homework tonight
33. 33.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
34. 34.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) finish school with 85% (c) learn to code an app (d) solve 5 sums today
37. 37.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) be fluent in French
39. 39.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
40. 40.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state

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