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.True or false: “be fluent in French” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) read 30 pages this week (c) jog 3 times this week (d) finish school with 85%
- 6.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 7.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they replace it (b) they are unrelated (c) they slow it down (d) they are its steps
- 8.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join the school team (b) write 300 words a day (c) learn basic coding (d) learn the body systems
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) become a doctor (c) read 30 pages this week (d) make a poster by Monday
- 10.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 11.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “practise at the nets” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
- 12.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) jog 3 times this week (d) write my own novel
- 15.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) no time at all (c) days or weeks (d) many years
- 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) learn the body systems (c) join a coding club (d) join the school team
- 17.True or false: “read 30 pages this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 18.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one lunch break (b) months or years (c) a few minutes (d) one evening
- 19.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 20.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) learn 10 words this week (c) become a doctor (d) jog 3 times this week
- 21.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 22.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 23.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
- 24.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 25.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) one novel a month (c) only buy novels (d) no reading till Dec
- 27.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) jog 3 times this week (c) be fluent in French (d) become a doctor
- 28.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
- 29.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) write my own novel (c) finish homework tonight (d) become a doctor
- 30.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn basic coding (b) read about first aid (c) keep a story diary (d) run 2 km each morning
- 31.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 32.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 33.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 35.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
- 36.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) write a storybook (b) become a doctor (c) build a phone app (d) play for the state
- 37.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it ends the work (b) it is fun to say (c) it gives direction (d) it impresses friends
- 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 40.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- True
- True
- False
- finish school with 85%
- False
- they are its steps
- learn basic coding
- become a doctor
- False
- play for the state
- False
- True
- write my own novel
- days or weeks
- join a coding club
- False
- months or years
- a long-term goal
- become a doctor
- a long-term goal
- a short-term goal
- write a storybook
- a short-term goal
- False
- one novel a month
- jog 3 times this week
- play for the state
- finish homework tonight
- read about first aid
- True
- a long-term goal
- False
- True
- build a phone app
- build a phone app
- True
- it gives direction
- a short-term goal
- True
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