Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 450 · 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) a whole lifetime (b) many years (c) days or weeks (d) no time at all
2. 2.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
3. 3.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) finish school with 85% (c) learn 10 words this week (d) write my own novel
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) play in the state team (c) read 30 pages this week (d) jog 3 times this week
6. 6.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
7. 7.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
8. 8.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join a coding club (b) run 2 km each morning (c) do well in biology (d) write 300 words a day
9. 9.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) build a small game (b) write 300 words a day (c) do well in biology (d) read about first aid
11. 11.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) read about first aid (b) read a novel a week (c) build a small game (d) write 300 words a day
14. 14.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they replace it (b) they are unrelated (c) they are its steps (d) they slow it down
15. 15.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read a novel a week (b) do well in biology (c) join a coding club (d) practise at the nets
16. 16.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write my own novel (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn to code an app (d) score 90% in Class 10
19. 19.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
24. 24.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
25. 25.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
26. 26.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) play in the state team (b) tidy my desk today (c) finish homework tonight (d) solve 5 sums today
27. 27.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) read a novel a week (b) learn the body systems (c) join a coding club (d) join the school team
28. 28.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
29. 29.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn to code an app (b) learn 10 words this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) tidy my desk today
31. 31.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
32. 32.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
33. 33.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) be fluent in French (c) tidy my desk today (d) finish homework tonight
34. 34.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) write my own novel (b) make a poster by Monday (c) solve 5 sums today (d) learn 10 words this week
35. 35.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read about first aid (b) build a small game (c) join a coding club (d) learn basic coding
37. 37.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it impresses friends (b) it is fun to say (c) it ends the work (d) it gives direction
40. 40.📆 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) 12 novels in June (d) only buy novels

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