Table MANNERS

Before you sit down to eat, you should

• Blow you nose

• Wash hands

• Pet the dog

It is okay to start eating before everyone else.

• True

• False

Your elbows should be kept off the table

• false

• True

Your mouth should be

• Open while you eat

• Closed while you eat.

• You can talk and eat at the same time.

Your comments about the food should be

• Nice and plesant

• Mean

• Silly

To get the plate of food you want, you should

• Reach across somebody

• Kindly ask “please pass the...”

• Walk across the table

• Scream and yell for the food

It is okay to burp at the table.

• True

• False

When you are finished eating, you

• May get up and leave

• Ask to be excused

• Crawl on the floor

You should say “thank you” to who made the meal

• True

• False

Your napkin belongs on

• The floor

• Your head

• Your lap

• The chair with you sitting on it.