This document provides instructions for properly setting up a table. It recommends placing silverware, china, and glassware in curved lines across and along the table. Tablecloths and napkins should be wrinkle-free and match or harmonize. The centerpiece can be in the center, to the side, or at one end of the table depending on balance. Chairs should be positioned so their centers align with plate centers. Large plates are laid 5 inches from the table edge. Soup bowls and cups are aligned parallel to the table edge. Flatware is arranged in alphabetical order. Utensils should be laid 1 inch from plate sides. Flatware should be held by the "knee" area to avoid fingerprints

8. HOW TO SET-
UP TABLE

9. True or false

10. The silver, china and
glassware should be
placed in curved
lines both lengthwise
and across the table

11. 2.
The linen table cloth or
placement and napkins
should be have wrinkles
and should match or
harmonized each other.

12. 3.
The centerpiece may be
placed at the center,
to the side, or at one end of
the table, but it’s
position should be
considered in arranging a
well balanced table.

13. 4.
The chairs should be
placed so that the
center of the chairs
is in line with the
center of
the plate.

14. 5.
Large plates, such as the dinner
plate and
luncheon plate, are laid about 5
inch in from the edge of the
table.

15. 6.
Soup bowl and
soup cup handle
are aligned
parallel with the
edge of the table.

16. 7.
Flatware is laid
on the table on
the alphabetical
order

17. 8.
To avoid hiding utensils under the rim of
a plate or bowl, lay it approximately 1
inch away from the side

18. 9.
To eliminate fingerprints on the handle, hold
flatware by the “knee”, the area between the
handle and the eating end of the utensils.

19. 10.
Fork tines may be placed downward
continental style, or upward. American
style. In the continental placement of
flatware, the fork laid on the table in the
its held, tines downward.