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