Everyday Vocabulary Entertaining At Home

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

ENTERTAINING AT HOME

Maureen often gives dinner parties at home. She loves __1__.

She lays the table: puts the __2__ in the right places, sets out the plates and puts a clean white __3__ at each place.

She lays the table: puts the __2__ in the right places, sets out the plates and puts a clean white __3__ at each place.

For the meal itself, she usually gives her guests some kind of __4__ first, for example, soup or melon.

Next comes the __5__, which is usually meat (unless some of her guests are __6__ or if they’re on a special __7__) with a __8__ of salad.

Next comes the __5__, which is usually meat (unless some of her guests are __6__ or if they’re on a special __7__) with a __8__ of salad.

Next comes the __5__, which is usually meat (unless some of her guests are __6__ or if they’re on a special __7__) with a __8__ of salad.

Next comes the __5__, which is usually meat (unless some of her guests are __6__ or if they’re on a special __7__) with a __8__ of salad.

For __9__, it’s usually fruit or ice cream, and then coffee.

When everyone has gone home, she must think about doing the __10__, as in the kitchen the __11__ is full of dirty __12__.

When everyone has gone home, she must think about doing the __10__, as in the kitchen, the __11__ is full of dirty __12__.

When everyone has gone home, she must think about doing the __10__, as in the kitchen, the __11__ is full of dirty __12__.