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Table manners

How to sit, eat, and leave the table.

  1. A person sitting up straight on a chair

    Sit up straight

  2. Food in the middle of a plate

    Keep food on the plate

  3. A fork and a spoon

    Use a fork or spoon

  4. A face with eyes open and mouth closed

    Chew with your mouth closed

  5. A seated person with mouth closed and hands in their lap

    Swallow before you talk

  6. A person with hands pressed together

    Say please and thank you

  7. A person sitting at a table

    Stay in your seat

  8. A seated person with one hand raised

    Ask before you leave

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Table manners

1

A person sitting up straight on a chair

Sit up straight

Table manners

2

Food in the middle of a plate

Keep food on the plate

Table manners

3

A fork and a spoon

Use a fork or spoon

Table manners

4

A face with eyes open and mouth closed

Chew with your mouth closed

Table manners

5

A seated person with mouth closed and hands in their lap

Swallow before you talk

Table manners

6

A person with hands pressed together

Say please and thank you

Table manners

7

A person sitting at a table

Stay in your seat

Table manners

8

A seated person with one hand raised

Ask before you leave

Table manners

How to sit, eat, and leave the table.

1 A person sitting up straight on a chair

Sit up straight

2 Food in the middle of a plate

Keep food on the plate

3 A fork and a spoon

Use a fork or spoon

4 A face with eyes open and mouth closed

Chew with your mouth closed

5 A seated person with mouth closed and hands in their lap

Swallow before you talk

6 A person with hands pressed together

Say please and thank you

7 A person sitting at a table

Stay in your seat

8 A seated person with one hand raised

Ask before you leave