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