Exercise 5

Put the verbs in brackets in active or passive voice where necessary.

Thick soup and broth …. (serve) in special cups, first should…. (eat) with a spoon and when it… (get) cool enough you can drink it right from the cup.

In spite of existing opinion poultry and game… (eat) with hands. Reasonable hosts at least… (cut) poultry into appropriate bites which can …. (easily eat) with a knife and fork. What is impossible… (separate) from the bones with the above mentioned instruments better to leave on the plate.

Fish … (eat) with a fork separating the meat with the help of the special fish knife or other fork.

On the left from the main serving dish as a rule, there is a little plate. From the bread lying on it one should divide little bits needed for one time. If they … (spread) with butter one should hold it carefully on the little plate. Served sandwiches … (eat) with a knife and fork.

Butter and jam which … (serve) to … (spread) on bread … first (put) on the bread plate and then … (take) with a knife. The only thing which is possible to take with either knife or fork is cheese.