This document provides tips for proper table manners, including sitting up straight, keeping elbows off the table, avoiding placing personal items on the table, taking only the amount of food that can be finished, chewing with your mouth closed, eating at a leisurely pace, not waving utensils or using them to gesture, saying "excuse me" for burps or coughs, wiping your mouth with a napkin, and displaying good manners, politeness, and respect. Good table manners are important as they reflect a person's behavior, character, and upbringing.

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TABLE SETTING

4. Table Setting

8. Activity Time…

10. 1. Sit up straight. Try not to slouch or lean
back in your chair.
2. Keep your elbows off the table.
3. Never place any of your personal belongings
like keys, phone, purse, etc. on the table.

11. 4. Don’t reach ask for help and always say
“Thank you.” after.
5. Take only the right quantity of food that you
know you can finish. Avoid leaving any food on
your plate.
6. Don’t speak when your mouth is full.

12. 7. Keep bite small. Chew quietly and try not
to slurp.
8. Eat at a leisure pace. It is a bad manner to
eat fast in the company of others.
9. don’t wave utensils in the air or don’t use it
to make a point.

13. 12. Say “Excuse me.” or “Sorry” when you belch,
sneeze or cough. It is also a good manner to
excuse yourself when leaving the table for any
reason.
10. Do not reject the food outright but have a
little to taste. Compliment the cook.
11. Wipe your mouth with your napkin and
not your bear hand.

14. IMPORTANCE OF…
• Good table manners
shows a person’s
behavior.
• It displays one’s
politeness, composure,
and respectfulness
(manners and character).
• It reflects good breeding.