Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 309 · 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 short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join the school team (b) learn the body systems (c) read a novel a week (d) join a coding club
2. 2.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
3. 3.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) play in the state team (c) write my own novel (d) be fluent in French
5. 5.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) learn basic coding (b) read a novel a week (c) join the school team (d) learn the body systems
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) be fluent in French (c) write my own novel (d) make a poster by Monday
8. 8.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
10. 10.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join the school team (b) write 300 words a day (c) learn basic coding (d) read about first aid
11. 11.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
13. 13.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) once in 10 years (c) never (d) every few weeks
14. 14.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) be fluent in French (c) become a doctor (d) learn 10 words this week
15. 15.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
18. 18.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “keep a story diary” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
19. 19.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join the school team (b) read a novel a week (c) join a coding club (d) read about first aid
20. 20.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
22. 22.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) learn to code an app (c) jog 3 times this week (d) read 30 pages this week
25. 25.🪜 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
26. 26.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) months or years (b) one evening (c) one lunch break (d) a few minutes
28. 28.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
29. 29.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) one novel a month (b) 12 novels in June (c) no reading till Dec (d) only buy novels
30. 30.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
31. 31.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) read a novel a week (c) learn the body systems (d) join a coding club
32. 32.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) many years (c) a whole lifetime (d) days or weeks
33. 33.True or false: “play in the state team” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) play for the state (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) write a storybook
35. 35.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
36. 36.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
37. 37.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) become a doctor (c) be fluent in French (d) finish homework tonight
39. 39.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) build a small game (b) practise at the nets (c) do well in biology (d) write 300 words a day
40. 40.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal

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