Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 573 · 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.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) play in the state team (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) jog 3 times this week
2. 2.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) finish homework tonight (d) tidy my desk today
3. 3.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) do well in biology (b) practise at the nets (c) join a coding club (d) write 300 words a day
4. 4.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read a novel a week (b) learn basic coding (c) do well in biology (d) join the school team
5. 5.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they replace it (c) they are its steps (d) they are unrelated
6. 6.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it ends the work (b) it is fun to say (c) it impresses friends (d) it gives direction
7. 7.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
8. 8.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) days or weeks (c) many years (d) a whole lifetime
9. 9.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) finish homework tonight (c) finish school with 85% (d) learn to code an app
12. 12.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) build a small game (b) run 2 km each morning (c) keep a story diary (d) join a coding club
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) be fluent in French (c) solve 5 sums today (d) write my own novel
14. 14.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “keep a story diary” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
15. 15.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) learn the body systems (b) learn basic coding (c) practise at the nets (d) do well in biology
16. 16.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) play in the state team (b) learn 10 words this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) make a poster by Monday
17. 17.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) be fluent in French (c) make a poster by Monday (d) write my own novel
20. 20.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
21. 21.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn to code an app (b) solve 5 sums today (c) read 30 pages this week (d) learn 10 words this week
22. 22.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) learn basic coding (b) join a coding club (c) read a novel a week (d) do well in biology
23. 23.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) play in the state team (c) finish school with 85% (d) learn 10 words this week
24. 24.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
26. 26.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
27. 27.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
28. 28.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) be fluent in French (c) solve 5 sums today (d) learn to code an app
29. 29.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
30. 30.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) no reading till Dec (c) only buy novels (d) one novel a month
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn 10 words this week (d) finish homework tonight
34. 34.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) a few minutes (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
36. 36.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) be fluent in French (c) play in the state team (d) become a doctor
38. 38.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “play in the state team” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True

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