GRAMMAR IN USE

Schedule and Timetable

A schedule is an agenda or list of details for doing things. The schedule usually appears in tabular form and contains the days or hours when the things take place. Another name for schedule is a timetable. In short, a timetable is a schedule that shows the times when certain things will happen; for example, when trains, buses or planes will arrive and depart; when lessons in our school will begin and finish, etc.

Now look at the timetable below. This timetable shows a squence of lessons in Lala’s college. Please study it and also read the letter she has just send to her friend, Alice.

	Monday	Thuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
09.00 – 09.50	English	Physics	Economis	English	Japanese
09.50 – 10.40	Geography	Physics	Japanese	Maths	Maths
10.40 – 10.55	BREAK
10.55 – 11.45	Japanese	History	Math	Computer	English
11.45 – 12.35	Maths	English	Japanese	Computer	History

Dear Alice,

Today is the first day of the college terms. I have just got my new timetable. The first lesson is English. This lesson begins at nine o’clock and finishes at ten to ten. The next lesson is Geography and then we have a break. The break lasts from twenty to elevan until five to elevan. The two lessons after the break are japanese and maths.

Tomorrow we have Physics until the break and the history and English. On Thursday we have my favourite subjects at ten fifty – five and twelve thirty – five. There are twenty lessons each week but they all take place in the morning. We are all very tired by lunchtime!

                                                                                                            Love, Lala

Task 3

Answer these questions

1. What is a schedule? In what form does it usually appear?

2. What does it contain? What is another name for the schedule?

3. What does the timetable in the text above tell you about?

4. What is the first lesson on Monday? And how long does it last?

5. When does the break happen? And what are the two lessons after the break?

6.  On what day does Lala have physics? How long does this lesson take her?

7. What is her favourite lesson? And what time does it begin and finish?

8. How many lessons are there each week? When do all the lessons take place?

9. How many times a week does Lala go to the college? On what days does she not go there?