Table Manners

You help your host to lay the table. You put...
1. the fork on its back (the points face up) on the right of the plate.
2. the fork on its back on the left of the plate.
3. the fork (points face down) on the left of the plate.
You eat toast and marmalade for breakfast. You...
1. use a fork to hold the toast then dip it into the coffee.
2. eat the toast, then drink your coffee.
3. hold the toast in your fingers and dip it into the coffee.
In England...
1. it's rude to drink noisily.
2. you can drink noisily when you have a hot drink.
3. it isn't rude to drink noisily.
You are sitting at the table and you are waiting for your meal. You...
1. cross your arms.
2. put one hand on each side of your plate.
3. put your hands under the table.
You have almost finished your soup, and you are eating the last spoonfuls. You tilt the soup bowl...
1. towards yourself.
2. to the right side.
3. away from yourself.
You are eating a bread roll. You...
1. cut it into pieces with a knife and fork.
2. break it into pieces with your fingers.
3. pick up the whole roll and bite it.
You put the bread...
1. on the table.
2. on a paper napkin.
3. on a special side plate.
In England it's rude to eat all the food on your plate.
1. Yes, it is.
2. No, it isn't
When you eat your peas, you...
1. use a special spoon.
2. use your fork and hold the fork in your right hand.
3. hold your knife in your irght hand, your fork in your left hand, and you push the peas onto the back of the fork.
You have chicken for the main course. You...
1. eat it with a knife and fork.
2. ask permission to eat with your fingers.
3. pick up the bones and eat them with your fingers.
You have a salad with the main course. You...
1. fold the lettuce over and over into a small bundle and eat it with a fork.
2. cut the lettuce into small pieces with a knife and fork.
3. fold the lettuce and eat it with your fingers.
You have several large boiled potatoes on your plate. You...
1. cut them into small pieces with your knife.
2. cut them into small pieces with the side of your fork.
3. squash them with the back of the fork.
You finish you meat but there is a lot of delicious sauce on your plate. You...
1. leave it on the plate.
2. use small pieces of bread to soak up the sauce.
3. use a small spoon to eat the sauce.
At the end of the meal you put your knife:
1. on one side of your plate and your fork on the other side.
2. diagonally across your fork on the plate.
3. parallel with your fork. They both point to the centre of the talbe.
When the food is very hot, you...
1. wait until it is cooler.
2. help it to get cold, e.g. blow on it.
3. drink a lot of cold water after each mouthful of food.
At the end of a meal, you may...
1. pay your hostess enthusiastic compliments and burp to prove your point.
2. tell your hostess that the meal was marvelous, much better than the last time you came.
3. thank your hostess for the marvelous meal.

Table Manners

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