will be two spoons. The soup spoon is furthest to the right; the dessert spoon (or teaspoon) is between the soup spoon and the knife. Your glass should be positioned directly above the dinner knife. Subsequent glasses should be placed to the right. You might have a small salad plate to the left of the forks. You might have a small bread plate to the upper-left of the dinner plate, with a small butter knife. Use the butter knife to take a pat of butter and put it on your plate; then use the knife to spread "your" butter onto the bread. A dessert spoon or fork might be placed horizontally above the dinner plate. A cup and saucer (if you're drinking coffee or tea) should be placed just above and to the right of the knife and spoons. Know how to manage a formal place setting. A formal place setting should be mostly similar to an informal place setting, with a few key exceptions: You might have a small fish fork between the dinner fork and the plate, if a fish course is being served. You might have a fish knife between the dinner knife and the soup soon, if you require one for a fish course. You might have a small oyster fork on the far right side of the utensils to the right of the plate, if you'll be eating an oyster course. Glasses are placed according to type in a formal place setting. The one directly