Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 745 · 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 long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
2. 2.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
3. 3.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are unrelated (b) they slow it down (c) they replace it (d) they are its steps
5. 5.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) do well in biology (b) write 300 words a day (c) join the school team (d) read a novel a week
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) make a poster by Monday (c) be fluent in French (d) write my own novel
8. 8.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) jog 3 times this week (c) make a poster by Monday (d) learn 10 words this week
10. 10.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
11. 11.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
12. 12.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “run 2 km each morning” (a) build a phone app (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) write a storybook
14. 14.📆 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
15. 15.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
16. 16.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) learn to code an app (c) finish school with 85% (d) become a doctor
17. 17.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) every few weeks (c) once in 10 years (d) never
19. 19.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join the school team (b) do well in biology (c) keep a story diary (d) learn basic coding
20. 20.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) jog 3 times this week (d) learn 10 words this week
21. 21.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) keep a story diary (b) do well in biology (c) practise at the nets (d) read about first aid
24. 24.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) play in the state team (c) read 30 pages this week (d) write my own novel
27. 27.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) read a novel a week (b) write 300 words a day (c) learn the body systems (d) join a coding club
30. 30.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
31. 31.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) a few minutes (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
32. 32.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) be fluent in French (c) become a doctor (d) tidy my desk today
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) make a poster by Monday (c) write my own novel (d) jog 3 times this week
35. 35.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) make a poster by Monday (c) jog 3 times this week (d) be fluent in French
36. 36.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it gives direction (b) it impresses friends (c) it is fun to say (d) it ends the work
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn 10 words this week (d) read 30 pages this week
38. 38.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “keep a story diary” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
39. 39.🪜 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) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
40. 40.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read a novel a week (b) build a small game (c) learn basic coding (d) join the school team

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