Student sheet 2: Using chopsticks

How to use chopsticks

Place the blunt end of the first chopstick in the V-shaped space between the thumb and index finger and rest the other end on the first joint of the fourth finger.

Keeping the first chopstick steady, place the blunt end of the second chopstick between the thumb and the base of the index finger and hold the other end between the tips of the index and middle fingers.

To pick up food, always keep the first chopstick steady and move the second chopstick up and down with the index and middle fingers.

Some chopstick manners

• Do not wave chopsticks around. Movement of hands should be as restricted as possible.
• Do not spear food with chopsticks.
• Do not pull dishes towards you with chopsticks—use your hands.
• Pull dishes close to you when eating. Replace dishes to original places after use.
• You can lift your dish towards your mouth to eat small pieces of food.
• Ignore food dropped on the table.

Extracted from Access Asia: Primary Teaching and Learning Units, Curriculum Corporation, 1996, p 81.

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