You can eat with a fork, a knife, or a spoon… | | …or you can eat with your hands. He’s eating this sandwich with his hands. He’s using his hands to eat this sandwich. | | This is a place setting. The fork goes on the left of the plate. The knife goes on the right and then the spoon. Click here for a good website about place settings. |  | Many Americans use the word "have" instead of "eat" or "drink." A: What are we having for dinner? B: We’re having roast chicken and rice. This video will help you with questions and answers for "have" in the present and past tenses. | | | But there are some other words you can use for eating and drinking. | bite take a bite Someone took a bite out of this donut. You take a bite with your front teeth. | | chew = eat with the back teeth. swallow = move the food down your throat After the good goes into your mouth, you chew it, and then you swallow it. |
| lick and suck You lick an ice cream cone or popsicle with your tongue. You suck on hard candy with your tongue and your mouth | | suck (or drink with a straw) The word "suck" is also used when drinking through a straw. They’re sucking on a milkshake together. They’re sucking a milkshake through straws. | | sip When something is hot or strong, you sip it. He’s sipping some hot tea. | | spit When you want to remove food from your mouth quickly, you spit it out; however, this is considered to be impolite. He’s spitting out his wine. | | other words for eating: gulp / gulp down = eat fast He gulped down his hamburger in two bites. wolf / wolf down = eat fast Dogs often wolf down their food when they eat. | other words for drinking: chug = drink fast Chug your beer and let’s go. nurse = drink slowly She slowly nursed her glass of wine to make it last longer. | |
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