Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 53 · 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 short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) jog 3 times this week (c) become a doctor (d) solve 5 sums today
4. 4.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “be fluent in French”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
5. 5.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
9. 9.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) finish homework tonight (c) learn 10 words this week (d) play in the state team
10. 10.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) a whole lifetime (c) no time at all (d) days or weeks
11. 11.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) once in 10 years (b) every few weeks (c) never (d) only when it fails
13. 13.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) write a storybook
14. 14.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) build a small game (b) practise at the nets (c) keep a story diary (d) do well in biology
15. 15.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join the school team (b) keep a story diary (c) learn the body systems (d) build a small game
16. 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) join a coding club (c) run 2 km each morning (d) learn basic coding
17. 17.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) a few minutes (b) one lunch break (c) months or years (d) one evening
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) read 30 pages this week (c) be fluent in French (d) jog 3 times this week
19. 19.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) make a poster by Monday (c) jog 3 times this week (d) read 30 pages this week
22. 22.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) only buy novels (b) 12 novels in June (c) no reading till Dec (d) one novel a month
24. 24.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
25. 25.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) solve 5 sums today (c) make a poster by Monday (d) finish homework tonight
27. 27.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
28. 28.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
29. 29.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
30. 30.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) solve 5 sums today (c) become a doctor (d) score 90% in Class 10
31. 31.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) be fluent in French (c) learn 10 words this week (d) score 90% in Class 10
32. 32.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join a coding club (b) join the school team (c) learn the body systems (d) write 300 words a day
34. 34.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
36. 36.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it ends the work (b) it impresses friends (c) it is fun to say (d) it gives direction
37. 37.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are its steps (c) they replace it (d) they are unrelated
38. 38.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) do well in biology (b) build a small game (c) read a novel a week (d) learn basic coding
39. 39.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) be fluent in French (c) finish school with 85% (d) make a poster by Monday

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