Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 44 · 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.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) never (b) every few weeks (c) only when it fails (d) once in 10 years
2. 2.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
3. 3.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
5. 5.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
6. 6.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) months or years (b) one lunch break (c) one evening (d) a few minutes
7. 7.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) be fluent in French (d) make a poster by Monday
8. 8.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) write my own novel (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) solve 5 sums today
9. 9.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) write a storybook (d) become a doctor
12. 12.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
13. 13.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) days or weeks (d) no time at all
14. 14.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read a novel a week (b) learn the body systems (c) join the school team (d) learn basic coding
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) solve 5 sums today (c) write my own novel (d) become a doctor
16. 16.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) learn to code an app (c) finish homework tonight (d) learn 10 words this week
17. 17.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
19. 19.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
20. 20.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
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.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it gives direction (b) it is fun to say (c) it ends the work (d) it impresses friends
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) finish school with 85%
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) finish homework tonight (c) be fluent in French (d) learn to code an app
25. 25.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) write a storybook
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) finish school with 85% (c) learn to code an app (d) be fluent in French
28. 28.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) play for the state (b) build a phone app (c) write a storybook (d) become a doctor
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) become a doctor (c) solve 5 sums today (d) finish homework tonight
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read about first aid (b) build a small game (c) run 2 km each morning (d) join the school team
31. 31.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they slow it down (c) they are unrelated (d) they replace it
33. 33.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) become a doctor (c) solve 5 sums today (d) finish homework tonight
34. 34.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
35. 35.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
37. 37.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal

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