Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 715 · 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: “tidy my desk today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) finish school with 85% (c) write my own novel (d) play in the state team
3. 3.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) practise at the nets (b) do well in biology (c) learn basic coding (d) join the school team
4. 4.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
5. 5.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) finish homework tonight (c) make a poster by Monday (d) solve 5 sums today
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) join a coding club (b) run 2 km each morning (c) keep a story diary (d) build a small game
7. 7.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) learn to code an app (c) finish homework tonight (d) make a poster by Monday
9. 9.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) no time at all (c) days or weeks (d) many years
11. 11.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) write my own novel (b) finish homework tonight (c) solve 5 sums today (d) make a poster by Monday
14. 14.True or false: “score 90% in Class 10” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they replace it (b) they are its steps (c) they slow it down (d) they are unrelated
16. 16.🪜 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
17. 17.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) once in 10 years (b) every few weeks (c) only when it fails (d) never
18. 18.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) finish school with 85% (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) read 30 pages this week
19. 19.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
20. 20.🔭 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
21. 21.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
22. 22.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join a coding club (b) read a novel a week (c) join the school team (d) do well in biology
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) play in the state team (d) jog 3 times this week
24. 24.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) only buy novels (b) 12 novels in June (c) one novel a month (d) no reading till Dec
26. 26.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) be fluent in French (b) learn to code an app (c) learn 10 words this week (d) write my own novel
28. 28.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) make a poster by Monday (c) tidy my desk today (d) be fluent in French
29. 29.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) build a small game (b) run 2 km each morning (c) do well in biology (d) learn the body systems
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) write 300 words a day (b) learn the body systems (c) learn basic coding (d) join a coding club
31. 31.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) make a poster by Monday (d) become a doctor
33. 33.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) read 30 pages this week (c) learn to code an app (d) tidy my desk today
34. 34.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) play for the state (d) write a storybook
35. 35.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join a coding club (b) write 300 words a day (c) read about first aid (d) keep a story diary
36. 36.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
37. 37.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read a novel a week (b) read about first aid (c) run 2 km each morning (d) join a coding club
38. 38.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
39. 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
40. 40.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn to code an app”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal

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