Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 470 · 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: “score 90% in Class 10” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) finish homework tonight (c) play in the state team (d) learn to code an app
3. 3.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) jog 3 times this week (c) make a poster by Monday (d) write my own novel
5. 5.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) only buy novels (b) 12 novels in June (c) one novel a month (d) no reading till Dec
7. 7.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) become a doctor (c) learn to code an app (d) read 30 pages this week
8. 8.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
10. 10.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) never (c) once in 10 years (d) every few weeks
12. 12.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
13. 13.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) practise at the nets (b) join a coding club (c) read a novel a week (d) build a small game
15. 15.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
16. 16.🪜 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) write my own novel (d) tidy my desk today
18. 18.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it is fun to say (b) it ends the work (c) it impresses friends (d) it gives direction
19. 19.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join a coding club (b) build a small game (c) practise at the nets (d) learn the body systems
21. 21.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) jog 3 times this week (c) tidy my desk today (d) be fluent in French
22. 22.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
23. 23.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) solve 5 sums today (d) tidy my desk today
24. 24.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) become a doctor (c) write my own novel (d) finish homework tonight
25. 25.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) become a doctor (b) build a phone app (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
29. 29.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) become a doctor (c) tidy my desk today (d) read 30 pages this week
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) finish homework tonight (c) solve 5 sums today (d) score 90% in Class 10
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) tidy my desk today (c) finish school with 85% (d) write my own novel
33. 33.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) many years (c) a whole lifetime (d) days or weeks
34. 34.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) learn the body systems (b) join a coding club (c) join the school team (d) write 300 words a day
35. 35.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) join the school team (c) practise at the nets (d) read about first aid
36. 36.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
38. 38.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are its steps (c) they are unrelated (d) they replace it
39. 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
40. 40.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False

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