Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 62 · 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) finish school with 85% (b) become a doctor (c) play in the state team (d) solve 5 sums today
2. 2.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) become a doctor (c) finish homework tonight (d) write my own novel
3. 3.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) practise at the nets (b) write 300 words a day (c) read about first aid (d) join a coding club
7. 7.🪜 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
8. 8.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
9. 9.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) learn the body systems (b) keep a story diary (c) do well in biology (d) build a small game
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “write 300 words a day” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) play in the state team (c) write my own novel (d) read 30 pages this week
12. 12.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) write 300 words a day (c) do well in biology (d) build a small game
13. 13.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) many years (c) a whole lifetime (d) days or weeks
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be fluent in French (b) finish homework tonight (c) finish school with 85% (d) become a doctor
16. 16.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) learn the body systems (c) practise at the nets (d) build a small game
18. 18.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn basic coding (b) run 2 km each morning (c) keep a story diary (d) read about first aid
19. 19.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) months or years (b) one lunch break (c) a few minutes (d) one evening
20. 20.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) read 30 pages this week (d) finish school with 85%
21. 21.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “be fluent in French”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
22. 22.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) learn to code an app (c) play in the state team (d) write my own novel
23. 23.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) play for the state (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) write a storybook
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) play in the state team (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) tidy my desk today
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) make a poster by Monday (c) solve 5 sums today (d) score 90% in Class 10
28. 28.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
31. 31.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) never (b) once in 10 years (c) only when it fails (d) every few weeks
33. 33.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
34. 34.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) be fluent in French
35. 35.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) finish homework tonight
36. 36.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it impresses friends (b) it ends the work (c) it gives direction (d) it is fun to say
37. 37.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
38. 38.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn to code an app (b) solve 5 sums today (c) make a poster by Monday (d) jog 3 times this week
39. 39.📆 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
40. 40.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state

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