According to schedule

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At school, students are required to give presentations and beforehand they have been told the time when they are going to do so. But one student comes into the room to find that many students have not given their presentations yet, so he wants to ask the teacher why. What should he say?:

-Are we giving presentation according to schedule?

1. Is it right? Are there alternatives?

2. Apart from GIVE presentations, what verb can we use? DO?

3. At the beginning, should a student say

-I will present Murder in the Cathedral
or
-I will present ON Murder in the Cathedral

Thank you. OJ.

GPY · Accepted Answer

1. "Are we giving presentations according to schedule?" is correct English but it seems just slightly clunky for this conversational situation. You would probably just say something like "Are we on schedule (with the presentations)?". However, this doesn't ask why, which is what you say you want. You can ask "Why are we running late?" or "Why aren't we on schedule?".

2. Apart from "give", you can use "deliver". You can in theory use "present", but the repetition is awkward. "do" may sometimes be used informally (e.g. "When do I have to do my presentation?"). "do" does not seem ideal in polished English.

3. The first one suggests that you will be putting on a performance (e.g. play or recital) of that work. The second one means that you will be talking about the work.

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