Instructions
Choose three of the things in the list that your teacher gives you and write each one in (exactly) five of the seven days on the top blank timetable, so that each day has zero, one, two or three activities, and there are 15 activities in the week in total. For example:
Example of a completed timetable
| Monday
cook make my bed |
Tuesday
take out the rubbish make my bed |
Wednesday
cook take out the rubbish make my bed |
Thursday
cook take out the rubbish make my bed |
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| Friday
cook take out the rubbish |
Saturday
cook take out the rubbish make my bed |
Sunday | |||
Take turns asking your partner “Do you … on …days?” questions about things in the list to find out what is on their timetable and write the activities in the blank timetable at the bottom of the page if they say “Yes, I do”. Remember that they only have three different things on their timetable and each activity is in exactly five days, so you don’t need to ask about every activity on every day because:
- If they have said “Yes” about three different activities, then the other things on the list must not be in their timetable
- If they say “No, I don’t” about something three times, that thing must not be on the timetable at all
- If five days have an activity, the other two days must not have that activity
- If they say “Yes, I do” about something and you later find the two days that they don’t do that thing, then you can write that activity in all the other days (because only two days won’t have each activity that they chose)
Whenever you think that you can guess all 15 things on your partner’s timetable, you can show the timetable to them to check if you have written the things that your partner chose on the right days. If you are right, you win the game. However, if you are wrong, then you lose the game.
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Blank timetables
Your timetable
| Monday
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Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday
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| Friday
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Saturday | Sunday | |||
Your partner’s timetable
| Monday
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Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday
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| Friday
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Saturday | Sunday | |||
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Things to put in timetables
Only give students one of the lists below.
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School subjects list
“Do you study … on …days?”
art
biology
chemistry
Chinese
English
French
geography
German
history
IT
maths
music
PE
physics
Spanish
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Household activities list
“Do you … on …days?”
clear the table
cook
do the dishes
do the laundry
do the shopping
lay the table
make my bed
mop the floor
take out the rubbish
tidy up
vacuum clean the house
water the plants
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After-school activities list
“Do you go to… on…?”
cram school
karate
scouts
dance school
a language school
football club
church
the climbing gym
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Places around town list
“Do you go to… on…?”
the swimming pool
the library
cram school
the park
the supermarket
a café
a restaurant
my grandmother’s house
the town centre
the station
the bus station
the subway station
the community centre
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Kinds of television programme list
“Do you watch… on…?”
a quiz show
a talent show
movies
a cop show
the soccer
cartoons
a talk show
the weather forecast
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PDF version for easy saving and printing: days-of-the-week-battleships
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