Supper is a main meal

[Tinkoko1985]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #159 "Basic Meals (1)", question 2

......... is a main meal that people have at about 6:00 pm. This is a large meal and can include items like mashed potatoes and gravy.

(a) Brunch
(b) Snacks
(c) Supper
(d) Lunch

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #159 "Basic Meals (1)", answer 2

Supper is a main meal that people have at about 6:00 pm. This is a large meal and can include items like mashed potatoes and gravy.

Correct answer: (c) Supper

Your answer was: incorrect
Brunch is a main meal that people have at about 6:00 pm. This is a large meal and can include items like mashed potatoes and gravy.
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What I understand about the Supper is the meal which is taken about midnight or after midnight. What does Supper exactly mean?

[Beeesneees]

It's a light evening meal.
It is worth bookmarking a Learner's Dictionary for such enquiries:
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/supper
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[Tinkoko1985]

Thank you very much Beeesneees for your quick and kind response. Just one more confusion is that why does the explanation sentence say "a large meal" if the meaning of supper is a light evening meal?

[Beeesneees]

Hi Tinkoko,

Did you read the dictionary definition and the usage notes that go along with it, particularly these points:

The last meal of the day, either a main meal, usually smaller and less formal than dinner, or a snack eaten before you go to bed.

People use the words dinner, lunch, supper and tea in different ways depending on which English-speaking country they come from. In Britain it may also depend on which part of the country or which social class a person comes from.
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[Tinkoko1985]

Thank you so much again Beeesneees. It is well worth explanation and very clear now in my mind with the definition of that word.

Cheers,,,,,,,,

[Mister Micawber]

In the US, supper is the evening meal and is generally not light at all!
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[Tinkoko1985]

Thank you very much for your addition Mister Micawber.

[Kati Svaby]

Your sentence: Supper is a main meal that people have at about 6:00 pm. This is a large meal and can include items like mashed potatoes and gravy.

"The supper is the last meal of the day,usually smaller and less formal, or a snack eaten before you go to bed." /Oxford Dictionary/ (So it isn't a main meal.)

The main meal are: breakfast, lunch, dinner

"dinner: the main meal of the day, eaten either in the middle of the day or in the evening." (Oxford dictionary)

"A main meal eaten in the evening is usually called dinner, especially if it is a formal meal. Supper is also an evening meal, but more informal than dinner and usually eaten at home. It can also be a late meal or something to eat and drink before going to bed."(Oxford dictionary)

In France after a show or after leaving the theatre the people go to eat a supper. in a restautante.

If I am mistaken I am sorry that till now I knew that the dinner can be eat in the middle of the day we can call lunch also or about at 6 o'clock; but I never heard that super can be a main meal.
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[Beeesneees]

As I said earlier:

[Kati Svaby]

Thanks Bez, I understood in Britain it may also depend on which part of the country or which social class a person comes from.
Many thanks:
Kati
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