Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

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

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