Food and taste words — Vocabulary words for kids

Word tip

Taste it in your mind — “think of how the food tastes on your tongue”

1. Five taste words: sugar is sweet, a lemon is sour, sea water is salty, karela is bitter, chillies are spicy.
2. Meals by time: breakfast in the morning, lunch at midday, dinner at night.
3. Group foods: fruits, vegetables, drinks and sweets — the odd one out belongs to another group.

Use it for: Describing food in essays, talking about meals and recipes, and food-and-nutrition lessons.

Worked example: Fill the gap: A lemon tastes ___. → sour

✏️ Practice

Work it out in your head or on paper, then tap your answer — or type it and press Check. Stuck? Press “Show me how”.

🏁 Lesson 3 test

20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.

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🖨️ Food Vocabulary Worksheet

• Worksheet set 1 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 2 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 3 (PDF)