Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 420 · 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.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) a whole lifetime (c) many years (d) days or weeks
2. 2.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) a few minutes (b) months or years (c) one lunch break (d) one evening
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) learn 10 words this week (d) become a doctor
6. 6.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) write my own novel (c) be fluent in French (d) become a doctor
7. 7.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) learn the body systems (b) keep a story diary (c) practise at the nets (d) read about first aid
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) finish homework tonight (c) play in the state team (d) learn to code an app
9. 9.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) once in 10 years (b) only when it fails (c) never (d) every few weeks
10. 10.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) solve 5 sums today (d) finish school with 85%
12. 12.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn basic coding (b) join the school team (c) read about first aid (d) join a coding club
13. 13.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) write a storybook (d) become a doctor
14. 14.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they slow it down (c) they replace it (d) they are unrelated
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) finish school with 85% (c) become a doctor (d) be fluent in French
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be fluent in French (b) read 30 pages this week (c) write my own novel (d) become a doctor
18. 18.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “be fluent in French”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
19. 19.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) tidy my desk today
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) play in the state team (d) make a poster by Monday
21. 21.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) no reading till Dec (b) only buy novels (c) one novel a month (d) 12 novels in June
22. 22.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) practise at the nets (b) join the school team (c) do well in biology (d) run 2 km each morning
23. 23.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) jog 3 times this week (c) finish school with 85% (d) read 30 pages this week
24. 24.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) read 30 pages this week (c) jog 3 times this week (d) be fluent in French
27. 27.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) tidy my desk today (c) become a doctor (d) finish homework tonight
28. 28.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) read a novel a week (c) join a coding club (d) keep a story diary
29. 29.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “keep a story diary” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
30. 30.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) write my own novel (c) become a doctor (d) jog 3 times this week
32. 32.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” 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 a novel a week” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
35. 35.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) be fluent in French (c) tidy my desk today (d) learn 10 words this week
37. 37.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) learn basic coding (b) read about first aid (c) join the school team (d) write 300 words a day
38. 38.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) do well in biology (b) learn the body systems (c) write 300 words a day (d) practise at the nets
39. 39.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False

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