Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 818 · 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.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) only when it fails (b) every few weeks (c) never (d) once in 10 years
2. 2.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) many years (c) no time at all (d) days or weeks
3. 3.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) write my own novel (c) learn 10 words this week (d) read 30 pages this week
4. 4.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) join the school team (b) keep a story diary (c) join a coding club (d) build a small game
6. 6.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
7. 7.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
8. 8.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) play in the state team
10. 10.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) build a small game (b) write 300 words a day (c) do well in biology (d) practise at the nets
12. 12.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) make a poster by Monday (d) become a doctor
14. 14.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are its steps (c) they replace it (d) they are unrelated
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) play in the state team (c) learn to code an app (d) read 30 pages this week
17. 17.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) learn 10 words this week (d) finish homework tonight
18. 18.True or false: “write my own novel” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “learn the body systems” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) learn to code an app (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) become a doctor
24. 24.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) no reading till Dec (b) only buy novels (c) 12 novels in June (d) one novel a month
26. 26.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join the school team (b) read about first aid (c) run 2 km each morning (d) learn basic coding
28. 28.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) play in the state team (c) finish homework tonight (d) solve 5 sums today
30. 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) read a novel a week (b) learn the body systems (c) join the school team (d) keep a story diary
31. 31.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) months or years (b) one lunch break (c) a few minutes (d) one evening
32. 32.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it impresses friends (b) it ends the work (c) it gives direction (d) it is fun to say
33. 33.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
35. 35.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) learn to code an app (c) write my own novel (d) finish homework tonight
36. 36.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) learn to code an app (c) jog 3 times this week (d) finish homework tonight
37. 37.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) become a doctor (c) read 30 pages this week (d) be fluent in French
38. 38.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
40. 40.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal

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