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Grade 3 Procrastination

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is "procrastination"?

a)

meeting deadlines

b)

putting things off

c)

playing video games

2.

Procrastinaion can affect your

a)

mental health

b)

compuer skills

c)

sleeping

3.

To overcome procrastination you can take _______steps: Break down the items on your list into small, manageable steps.

a)

baby

b)

giant

c)

later

4.

To beat procrastination, you should _____ yourself after you finish an item on your to-do list.

a)

reward

b)

believe in

5.

Tim Urban is a lifelong _____ who thinks abou this topic all the time.

a)

procrastinator

b)

procrastinate

c)

procrastination

6.

What is the difference between the non-procrastinator's brain and the procrastinator's brain?

a)

The Rational Decision Maker in the procrastinator's brain is coexisting with a pet (the Instant Gratification Monkey)

b)

The Rational Decision Maker in the procrastinator's brain is coxisting with an animal (the Instant Thankful Monkey)

7.

It's fine only if the Rational Decision-Maker knew how to own a ______.

a)

gorilla

b)

monkey

c)

chimpanzee

8.

The fact is, the monkey is the last _____ that should be in charge of decisions.

a)

coexisting pet

b)

creature

c)

pet

9.

The monkey thinks only about the present, trying to ______.

a)

go around the pleasure of the current moment

b)

minimize the pleasure of the current moment

c)

maximize the pleasure of the current moment

10.

The monkey doesn't understand the Rational Decision-Maker; the Rational Decision-Maker doesn't understand the monkey either.

a)

Huh?!

b)

TRUE!

c)

FALSE!

11.

Why should we continue jogging, the monkey thinks, when we could stop, ______?

a)

which would be less sweaty

b)

which would feel better

c)

which would feel worse

12.

In the monkey world, he (the monkey) eats when he is hungry, sleeps when he is tired, and doesn't do anything _____.

a)

fun

b)

interesting

c)

difficult

13.

The one thing that scares the monkey is called ______.

a)

the Panic Monster

b)

the Manic Monster

c)

the baby Monster

d)

the Prune Monster

14.

The Panic Monster is _____most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up when a ______ gets too close.

a)

inactive/ deadline

b)

active/ deadline

c)

inactive/ procrastinator

15.

The Panic Monster also suddenly wakes up when here's danger of _______ or some other scary ______.

a)

public embarassment/ consequence

b)

embarassing story/ consequence

c)

public embarassing/ consequence

16.

However, some procrastinators don't even ____ to the monster.

a)

play with

b)

respond

c)

talk with

17.

In the most _____ moments, they run up the tree with monkey, entering a state of _____.

a)

desperate/ shutdown

b)

desperature/ anxiety

c)

desperation/ shutdown

18.

The _______ is where you go when you start the task.

a)

Critical Entrance

b)

Dark Woods

c)

Panic Monster

d)

Dark Playground

19.

The ______ is where you're actually doing work.

a)

Dark Woods

b)

Happy Playground

c)

Dark Playground

d)

Light Woods

20.

The ______ is a place where you feel satisfaction because you got something done.

a)

Happy Playground

b)

Flow

c)

Critical Entrance

21.

You occasionally even enter a state of Flow, where you're so _____ in the task, that you lose track of time.

a)

immersed

b)

immerse

c)

immersing

22.

Sounds ______ simple, right?

a)

prettycure

b)

pretty

c)

cute

23.

Unfortunately, procrasinators tend to _______ both the Happy Playground and Flow.

a)

missing out with

b)

miss out on

c)

miss with

24.

Consider a procrastinator who couldn't _____ himself to get started.

a)

wing

b)

bring

c)

take

25.

One of the monkey's favorite places is _____.

a)

the Critical Entrance

b)

the Dark Playground

c)

the Flow

26.

The Procrastinator makes his life harder by not _____.

a)

writing

b)

starting

c)

playing

27.

Eventually, the deadline got so close, the Panic Monster suddenly comes _____ in the room, causing him to fly through the task to hit the deadline.

a)

roaring

b)

dancing

c)

roar

d)

skipping