diff --git a/bigquery/docs/snippets.py b/bigquery/docs/snippets.py
index 58bd6689c80fc..01ad3e014608b 100644
--- a/bigquery/docs/snippets.py
+++ b/bigquery/docs/snippets.py
@@ -274,31 +274,6 @@ def test_manage_dataset_labels(client, to_delete):
     # [END bigquery_delete_label_dataset]
 
 
-def test_list_tables(client, to_delete):
-    """List tables within a dataset."""
-    dataset_id = "list_tables_dataset_{}".format(_millis())
-    dataset_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id)
-    dataset = client.create_dataset(bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref))
-    to_delete.append(dataset)
-
-    # [START bigquery_list_tables]
-    # from google.cloud import bigquery
-    # client = bigquery.Client()
-    # dataset_ref = client.dataset('my_dataset')
-
-    tables = list(client.list_tables(dataset_ref))  # API request(s)
-    assert len(tables) == 0
-
-    table_ref = dataset.table("my_table")
-    table = bigquery.Table(table_ref)
-    client.create_table(table)  # API request
-    tables = list(client.list_tables(dataset))  # API request(s)
-
-    assert len(tables) == 1
-    assert tables[0].table_id == "my_table"
-    # [END bigquery_list_tables]
-
-
 def test_create_table_nested_repeated_schema(client, to_delete):
     dataset_id = "create_table_nested_repeated_{}".format(_millis())
     dataset_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id)
@@ -481,40 +456,6 @@ def test_load_and_query_partitioned_table(client, to_delete):
     assert len(rows) == 29
 
 
-def test_get_table_information(client, to_delete):
-    """Show a table's properties."""
-    dataset_id = "show_table_dataset_{}".format(_millis())
-    table_id = "show_table_table_{}".format(_millis())
-    dataset_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id)
-    dataset = bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref)
-    client.create_dataset(dataset)
-    to_delete.append(dataset)
-
-    table = bigquery.Table(dataset.table(table_id), schema=SCHEMA)
-    table.description = ORIGINAL_DESCRIPTION
-    table = client.create_table(table)
-
-    # [START bigquery_get_table]
-    # from google.cloud import bigquery
-    # client = bigquery.Client()
-    # dataset_id = 'my_dataset'
-    # table_id = 'my_table'
-
-    dataset_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id)
-    table_ref = dataset_ref.table(table_id)
-    table = client.get_table(table_ref)  # API Request
-
-    # View table properties
-    print(table.schema)
-    print(table.description)
-    print(table.num_rows)
-    # [END bigquery_get_table]
-
-    assert table.schema == SCHEMA
-    assert table.description == ORIGINAL_DESCRIPTION
-    assert table.num_rows == 0
-
-
 # [START bigquery_table_exists]
 def table_exists(client, table_reference):
     """Return if a table exists.
@@ -1833,37 +1774,6 @@ def test_extract_table_compressed(client, to_delete):
     to_delete.insert(0, blob)
 
 
-def test_delete_table(client, to_delete):
-    """Delete a table."""
-    from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound
-
-    dataset_id = "delete_table_dataset_{}".format(_millis())
-    table_id = "delete_table_table_{}".format(_millis())
-    dataset_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id)
-    dataset = bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref)
-    dataset.location = "US"
-    dataset = client.create_dataset(dataset)
-    to_delete.append(dataset)
-
-    table_ref = dataset.table(table_id)
-    table = bigquery.Table(table_ref, schema=SCHEMA)
-    client.create_table(table)
-    # [START bigquery_delete_table]
-    # from google.cloud import bigquery
-    # client = bigquery.Client()
-    # dataset_id = 'my_dataset'
-    # table_id = 'my_table'
-
-    table_ref = client.dataset(dataset_id).table(table_id)
-    client.delete_table(table_ref)  # API request
-
-    print("Table {}:{} deleted.".format(dataset_id, table_id))
-    # [END bigquery_delete_table]
-
-    with pytest.raises(NotFound):
-        client.get_table(table)  # API request
-
-
 def test_undelete_table(client, to_delete):
     dataset_id = "undelete_table_dataset_{}".format(_millis())
     table_id = "undelete_table_table_{}".format(_millis())
diff --git a/bigquery/docs/usage/tables.rst b/bigquery/docs/usage/tables.rst
index 0da02a1738287..4aede9545cd8e 100644
--- a/bigquery/docs/usage/tables.rst
+++ b/bigquery/docs/usage/tables.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Listing Tables
 List the tables belonging to a dataset with the
 :func:`~google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.list_tables` method:
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../snippets.py
+.. literalinclude:: ../samples/list_tables.py
    :language: python
    :dedent: 4
    :start-after: [START bigquery_list_tables]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Getting a Table
 Get a table resource with the
 :func:`~google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.get_table` method:
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../snippets.py
+.. literalinclude:: ../samples/get_table.py
    :language: python
    :dedent: 4
    :start-after: [START bigquery_get_table]
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Deleting a Table
 Delete a table with the
 :func:`~google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client.delete_table` method:
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../snippets.py
+.. literalinclude:: ../samples/delete_table.py
    :language: python
    :dedent: 4
    :start-after: [START bigquery_delete_table]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/delete_dataset.py b/bigquery/samples/delete_dataset.py
index ad04c3fb36647..58851f1e21208 100644
--- a/bigquery/samples/delete_dataset.py
+++ b/bigquery/samples/delete_dataset.py
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ def delete_dataset(client, dataset_id):
     # Use the delete_contents parameter to delete a dataset and its contents
     # Use the not_found_ok parameter to not receive an error if the dataset has already been deleted.
     client.delete_dataset(dataset_id, delete_contents=True, not_found_ok=True)
-    # [END bigquery_delete_dataset]
 
     print("Deleted dataset '{}'.".format(dataset_id))
+    # [END bigquery_delete_dataset]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/delete_model.py b/bigquery/samples/delete_model.py
index dfe23cd7ef297..371f9003576b5 100644
--- a/bigquery/samples/delete_model.py
+++ b/bigquery/samples/delete_model.py
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ def delete_model(client, model_id):
     # model_id = 'your-project.your_dataset.your_model'
 
     client.delete_model(model_id)
-    # [END bigquery_delete_model]
-
     print("Deleted model '{}'.".format(model_id))
+    # [END bigquery_delete_model]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/delete_table.py b/bigquery/samples/delete_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3eb7dc918da74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/delete_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+def delete_table(client, table_id):
+
+    # [START bigquery_delete_table]
+    from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+    # TODO(developer): Construct a BigQuery client object.
+    # client = bigquery.Client()
+
+    # TODO(developer): Set table_id to the ID of the table to fetch.
+    # table_id = 'your-project.your_dataset.your_table'
+
+    # If the table does not exist, delete_table raises
+    # google.api_core.exceptions.NotFound unless not_found_ok is True
+    client.delete_table(table_id, not_found_ok=True)
+    print("Deleted table '{}'.".format(table_id))
+    # [END bigquery_delete_table]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/get_table.py b/bigquery/samples/get_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e6a5c502e2b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/get_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+def get_table(client, table_id):
+
+    # [START bigquery_get_table]
+    from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+    # TODO(developer): Construct a BigQuery client object.
+    # client = bigquery.Client()
+
+    # TODO(developer): Set table_id to the ID of the model to fetch.
+    # table_id = 'your-project.your_dataset.your_table'
+
+    table = client.get_table(table_id)
+
+    print(
+        "Got table '{}.{}.{}'.".format(table.project, table.dataset_id, table.table_id)
+    )
+
+    # View table properties
+    print("Table schema: {}".format(table.schema))
+    print("Table description: {}".format(table.description))
+    print("Table has {} rows".format(table.num_rows))
+    # [END bigquery_get_table]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/list_tables.py b/bigquery/samples/list_tables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33ed408906b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/list_tables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+def list_tables(client, dataset_id):
+
+    # [START bigquery_list_tables]
+    from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+    # TODO(developer): Construct a BigQuery client object.
+    # client = bigquery.Client()
+
+    # TODO(developer): Set dataset_id to the ID of the dataset that contains
+    #                  the tables you are listing.
+    # dataset_id = 'your-project.your_dataset'
+
+    tables = client.list_tables(dataset_id)
+
+    print("Tables contained in '{}':".format(dataset_id))
+    for table in tables:
+        print("{}.{}.{}".format(table.project, table.dataset_id, table.table_id))
+    # [END bigquery_list_tables]
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/conftest.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/conftest.py
index ed797e56310b6..629b23473b016 100644
--- a/bigquery/samples/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/bigquery/samples/tests/conftest.py
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ def dataset_id(client):
     client.delete_dataset(dataset, delete_contents=True, not_found_ok=True)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def table_id(client, dataset_id):
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    table_id = "python_samples_{}_{}".format(
+        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
+    )
+
+    table = bigquery.Table("{}.{}".format(dataset_id, table_id))
+    table = client.create_table(table)
+    yield "{}.{}.{}".format(table.project, table.dataset_id, table.table_id)
+    client.delete_table(table, not_found_ok=True)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def model_id(client, dataset_id):
     model_id = "{}.{}".format(dataset_id, uuid.uuid4().hex)
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_table_samples.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_create_table.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bigquery/samples/tests/test_table_samples.py
rename to bigquery/samples/tests/test_create_table.py
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_delete_table.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_delete_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f4796623a830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_delete_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .. import delete_table
+
+
+def test_delete_table(capsys, client, table_id):
+
+    delete_table.delete_table(client, table_id)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Deleted table '{}'.".format(table_id) in out
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_get_table.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_get_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..debf1b63a3fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_get_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from google.cloud import bigquery
+from .. import get_table
+
+
+def test_get_table(capsys, client, random_table_id):
+    schema = [
+        bigquery.SchemaField("full_name", "STRING", mode="REQUIRED"),
+        bigquery.SchemaField("age", "INTEGER", mode="REQUIRED"),
+    ]
+
+    table = bigquery.Table(random_table_id, schema)
+    table.description = "Sample Table"
+    table = client.create_table(table)
+
+    get_table.get_table(client, random_table_id)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Got table '{}'.".format(random_table_id) in out
+    assert "full_name" in out  # test that schema is printed
+    assert "Table description: Sample Table" in out
+    assert "Table has 0 rows" in out
+    client.delete_table(table, not_found_ok=True)
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_list_tables.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_list_tables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec1621ac75799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_list_tables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .. import list_tables
+
+
+def test_list_tables(capsys, client, dataset_id, table_id):
+
+    list_tables.list_tables(client, dataset_id)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Tables contained in '{}':".format(dataset_id) in out
+    assert table_id in out
diff --git a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_update_dataset_default_table_expiration.py b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_update_dataset_default_table_expiration.py
index 0366b767fbe85..46e9654209edf 100644
--- a/bigquery/samples/tests/test_update_dataset_default_table_expiration.py
+++ b/bigquery/samples/tests/test_update_dataset_default_table_expiration.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_update_dataset_default_table_expiration(capsys, client, dataset_id):
     one_day_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000  # in milliseconds
 
     update_dataset_default_table_expiration.update_dataset_default_table_expiration(
-        client, dataset_id, one_day_ms
+        client, dataset_id
     )
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     assert (