Unit 2 · Schedule and Timetable Matching
Camp Schedule — Find the Matching Timetable
Lesson 1 of 2
Schedule and timetable questions on Selective often start with a grid: match what is offered each day against what someone will or will not attend.
Table-style preference matching appears regularly on Selective Thinking Skills papers — usually as a methodical early-to-mid question if you scan every row.
The examiner checks whether you can cross-reference a timetable of options against likes and dislikes and find the day with no acceptable choice — not just eliminate one wrong answer.
A holiday camp (or club) lists classes or activities by day. A student only attends on days when at least one option they like is available. You identify the day they skip.
Best approach: List what they enjoy, then go day by day through the table. The moment a day has at least one liked activity, mark it “attends”. The single day with zero liked options is the answer.
Question
The table below shows the lists of classes available each day at a holiday camp. Each student must take one class each day. This class can be either in the morning or in the afternoon.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| morning | science | drama | art | science | chess |
| sport | science | history | maths | science | |
| music | art | science | French | history | |
| afternoon | coding | sport | maths | drama | history |
| art | sport | coding | chess | coding | |
| drama | sport | art | maths | chess |
Mia has chosen classes in science, French, music, drama, and coding. She wants to have Wednesday afternoon free.
On which day must Mia do drama?
Select an answer to see the explanation.
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