Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals
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.
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- 1.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) tidy my desk today (d) learn 10 words this week
- 2.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read about first aid (b) practise at the nets (c) learn basic coding (d) keep a story diary
- 3.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn basic coding (b) do well in biology (c) practise at the nets (d) run 2 km each morning
- 5.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn 10 words this week (d) play in the state team
- 6.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) finish school with 85% (c) solve 5 sums today (d) be fluent in French
- 7.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) finish homework tonight
- 9.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they replace it (b) they are its steps (c) they slow it down (d) they are unrelated
- 10.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 11.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 14.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) make a poster by Monday (c) play in the state team (d) learn to code an app
- 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) do well in biology (c) read a novel a week (d) learn the body systems
- 17.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) a few minutes (b) one evening (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
- 19.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) learn to code an app (d) jog 3 times this week
- 21.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) read 30 pages this week (c) tidy my desk today (d) finish school with 85%
- 22.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) no reading till Dec (b) only buy novels (c) 12 novels in June (d) one novel a month
- 24.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 25.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) learn 10 words this week (c) become a doctor (d) solve 5 sums today
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) tidy my desk today (d) finish school with 85%
- 27.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) learn basic coding (b) write 300 words a day (c) join a coding club (d) learn the body systems
- 28.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 29.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) write my own novel (c) be fluent in French (d) tidy my desk today
- 30.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 31.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
- 32.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
- 34.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) do well in biology (b) learn the body systems (c) keep a story diary (d) join the school team
- 35.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join the school team (b) build a small game (c) do well in biology (d) learn the body systems
- 36.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 37.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) days or weeks (c) no time at all (d) many years
- 38.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) learn 10 words this week (c) be fluent in French (d) finish homework tonight
- 40.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- score 90% in Class 10
- practise at the nets
- False
- do well in biology
- play in the state team
- solve 5 sums today
- become a doctor
- finish homework tonight
- they are its steps
- a short-term goal
- True
- True
- a long-term goal
- False
- make a poster by Monday
- read a novel a week
- True
- months or years
- True
- jog 3 times this week
- finish school with 85%
- True
- one novel a month
- play for the state
- become a doctor
- finish school with 85%
- write 300 words a day
- a short-term goal
- tidy my desk today
- write a storybook
- become a doctor
- False
- build a phone app
- keep a story diary
- join the school team
- False
- days or weeks
- write a storybook
- be fluent in French
- False
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