WorksheetsSocial Graces and Etiquette
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
How should you hold your utensils?
In your fist
Anyway you feel comfortable holding it
Use your fingers
Like a pencil
If you get up from the table during a meal, what do you do with a napkin?
Put it on the table
Take it with you
Give it to someone else at the table
Put it on your chair
Etiquette is defined as which of the following?
instrument or container for cutting and carrying food
wait staff who are responsible for welcoming guests, assigning tables and taking reservations
learnt behaviour, custom and traditions in a family
proper behavior among members of a culture or society
Which way does the sharp edge of the knife blade face?
inward, toward the plate
outward toward the spoon
It does not matter which way the sharp edge faces.
What do you do if you are served something you do not like?
spit it out
shove it away from you
take a polite bite
offer it to someone else at the table
How is the proper way to cut your meat?
Hold the fork in your right hand; hold the knife in your left hand
Use the side of the fork and your fingers to rip off a piece of meat
Cut the meat with your right hand; hold the fork in your left hand
Use the fork to hold the meat in place, after cutting the meat use the knife to pick it up
This placement represents.....
While eating
Next course
Meal is over
Meal was great
This placement represents.....
Meal is over
Did not enjoy meal
Meal was great
While eating
A (a) plate is a large, decorative base setting on top of which other dinnerware is placed during formal occasions such as catered events, weddings, upscale parties, banquets, or in fine dining restaurants.
Which pieces of silverware do you use first
from the inside of the plate
from the outside of the plate
When setting the table, where do you place your glass
Above the right side of the plate
Above the left side of your plate
Above the center of your plate
A cup and saucer are needed for an informal meal. Where should they be placed?
above the dinner plate
above the salad plate
to the left side of the dinner plate
to the right side of the dinner plate
What is item 8 in the place setting?
butter knife
dinner knife
teaspoon
soup spoon
When used in the table setting along with a salad plate, where should the bread-and-butter plate be placed?
above the forks, to the upper left
above the knife, to the upper left
lower left, beside the forks
toward the center, above the dinner plate
An exchange student notes that meals with her host family are quite different from meals at home. What general guideline should be followed to avoid insulting the host family?
ask the family to get American foods so the student can eat in another room
decline to eat anything that looks unfamiliar
eat with the same rules as followed at home
watch the host or hostess and follow how he/she eats
A salad is served as a first course, and the main part of the meal will be served later. Two forks are part of the place setting. Good table manners guidelines indicate that a person should use what utensil to eat the salad?
fork farthest from the plate
fork next to the plate
largest fork
small fork above the plate
What should a person do to have a pleasant dining experience?
cut his/her food into small bites and chew with one's mouth closed
lay his/her fork on top of the refolded napkin to indicate one is finished eating
text his/her friends throughout the meal as one sits while at the dinner table
refold his/her napkin and lay it over the knife and spoon to indicate one is ready to talk
