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 _____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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