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