Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 414 · 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? “practise at the nets” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
2. 2.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) solve 5 sums today (c) be fluent in French (d) write my own novel
5. 5.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
7. 7.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) read 30 pages this week (d) finish school with 85%
8. 8.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
11. 11.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) play in the state team (c) learn 10 words this week (d) write my own novel
13. 13.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) learn 10 words this week (c) become a doctor (d) finish school with 85%
18. 18.🪜 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
19. 19.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
20. 20.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) be fluent in French (c) jog 3 times this week (d) read 30 pages this week
22. 22.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) learn basic coding (b) read about first aid (c) do well in biology (d) practise at the nets
23. 23.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
24. 24.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
25. 25.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) no reading till Dec (b) one novel a month (c) only buy novels (d) 12 novels in June
26. 26.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) play in the state team (d) read 30 pages this week
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) read 30 pages this week (c) learn to code an app (d) make a poster by Monday
30. 30.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) write my own novel (d) play in the state team
32. 32.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) jog 3 times this week (c) read 30 pages this week (d) write my own novel
33. 33.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) finish homework tonight (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
37. 37.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) play in the state team (b) jog 3 times this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) tidy my desk today
39. 39.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) play in the state team (c) be fluent in French (d) make a poster by Monday
40. 40.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True

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