Is this the correct way to set a table?
Learning how to behave in polite society: a new course for boys at an English school is proving popular.
Callum and Jennifer learn more about it in this week's programme.
This week's question:
According to the rules of etiquette, at a formal meal where there are three sets of cutlery which should you use first? The knife and fork furthest from your plate, the set closest to your plate or the set in the middle?
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.
Vocabulary
- a finishing school
a place where young women are taught how to behave in high society
- etiquette
the accepted rules for behaviour in particular situations
- to come about
- a ball
a formal party often held to celebrate a special event
- to want a piece of something
to want to be involved with or take part in something
- to go down well
to be successful and popular
- to hold your head up high
to be confident and proud