Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 369 · 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: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) be fluent in French (d) make a poster by Monday
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be fluent in French (b) write my own novel (c) play in the state team (d) solve 5 sums today
4. 4.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) days or weeks (d) no time at all
5. 5.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) learn to code an app (c) become a doctor (d) read 30 pages this week
7. 7.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
8. 8.🪜 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
9. 9.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it is fun to say (b) it impresses friends (c) it ends the work (d) it gives direction
10. 10.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
14. 14.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) a few minutes (b) one lunch break (c) months or years (d) one evening
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) learn 10 words this week (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) become a doctor
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: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) finish school with 85% (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) tidy my desk today
19. 19.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) jog 3 times this week (c) solve 5 sums today (d) finish school with 85%
20. 20.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
21. 21.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) finish homework tonight (d) learn to code an app
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be fluent in French (b) play in the state team (c) jog 3 times this week (d) write my own novel
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) finish homework tonight (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) jog 3 times this week
25. 25.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) play in the state team (c) jog 3 times this week (d) be fluent in French
26. 26.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
27. 27.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) become a doctor (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 long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
30. 30.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) be fluent in French (c) read 30 pages this week (d) learn to code an app
31. 31.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they replace it (c) they are unrelated (d) they slow it down
32. 32.📆 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) read 30 pages this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) become a doctor
34. 34.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
36. 36.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) practise at the nets (c) do well in biology (d) run 2 km each morning
37. 37.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) read 30 pages this week (c) tidy my desk today (d) become a doctor
38. 38.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
39. 39.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state

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