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