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