Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

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

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