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