Food Vocabulary Worksheet
Word tip (Taste it in your mind): Five taste words: sugar is sweet, a lemon is sour, sea water is salty, karela is bitter, chillies are spicy. Meals by time: breakfast in the morning, lunch at midday, dinner at night. Group foods: fruits, vegetables, drinks and sweets — the odd one out belongs to another group.
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- 1.What does “paneer” mean? (a) sweet food made by bees (b) fresh Indian cheese (c) the meal at midday (d) a big, grand meal
- 2.What does “dal” mean? (a) cooked lentils (b) flat round bread (c) fresh Indian cheese (d) sweet food made by bees
- 3.Which word is the odd one out? (a) mango (b) guava (c) banana (d) rasgulla
- 4.Fill the gap: At the restaurant, we read the ___ to choose our food. (a) menu (b) tiffin (c) salad (d) recipe
- 5.Which word means “spiced fruit kept in oil”? (a) curd (b) chapati (c) pickle (d) dinner
- 6.Which word means “powder made from grain”? (a) flour (b) ghee (c) breakfast (d) paneer
- 7.Which word is the odd one out? (a) mango (b) banana (c) pineapple (d) tea
- 8.Fill the gap: We eat ___ in the morning before school. (a) lunch (b) dinner (c) feast (d) breakfast
- 9.Fill the gap: Jalebi is a ___. (a) fruit (b) drink (c) vegetable (d) sweet
- 10.Which word means “list of dishes to order”? (a) jaggery (b) dinner (c) lunch (d) menu
- 11.Fill the gap: We sprinkle ___ on food to make it salty. (a) honey (b) salt (c) jaggery (d) sugar
- 12.Which word means “sweet food made by bees”? (a) honey (b) lunch (c) dessert (d) ghee
- 13.Which word means “a packed lunch box”? (a) tiffin (b) dal (c) feast (d) honey
- 14.Which word means “drink pressed from fruit”? (a) paneer (b) salad (c) menu (d) juice
- 15.Fill the gap: We drink ___ when we are thirsty. (a) water (b) rice (c) chapati (d) bread
- 16.What does “salad” mean? (a) the meal at midday (b) raw vegetables to eat (c) list of dishes to order (d) milk set overnight
- 17.Which word means “the meal at midday”? (a) curd (b) lunch (c) flour (d) snack
- 18.What does “tiffin” mean? (a) flat round bread (b) the morning meal (c) a packed lunch box (d) the meal at night
- 19.Which word means “the meal at night”? (a) honey (b) dal (c) dinner (d) breakfast
- 20.Which word is the odd one out? (a) cauliflower (b) brinjal (c) ladoo (d) spinach
- 21.Which word is the odd one out? (a) papaya (b) banana (c) jalebi (d) mango
- 22.Which word means “small food between meals”? (a) snack (b) ghee (c) honey (d) curd
- 23.Fill the gap: Cows give us ___. (a) juice (b) jaggery (c) honey (d) milk
- 24.What does “curd” mean? (a) milk set overnight (b) the meal at night (c) small food between meals (d) steps to cook a dish
- 25.What does “dessert” mean? (a) small food between meals (b) sweet food made by bees (c) sweet dish after a meal (d) a big, grand meal
- 26.Which word is the odd one out? (a) tea (b) juice (c) papaya (d) lassi
- 27.What does “flour” mean? (a) sweet food made by bees (b) powder made from grain (c) spiced fruit kept in oil (d) the morning meal
- 28.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spinach (b) grapes (c) guava (d) pineapple
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) potato (b) guava (c) cabbage (d) cauliflower
- 30.What does “breakfast” mean? (a) list of dishes to order (b) fresh Indian cheese (c) flat round bread (d) the morning meal
- 31.Which word means “fresh Indian cheese”? (a) paneer (b) lunch (c) snack (d) recipe
- 32.What does “feast” mean? (a) the meal at night (b) a block of brown sugar (c) a big, grand meal (d) raw vegetables to eat
- 33.Which word means “melted, clear butter”? (a) ghee (b) lunch (c) curd (d) dinner
- 34.Which word is the odd one out? (a) jalebi (b) cauliflower (c) kheer (d) gulab jamun
- 35.Fill the gap: Sugar tastes ___. (a) salty (b) bitter (c) sour (d) sweet
- 36.Fill the gap: Lassi is a ___. (a) vegetable (b) drink (c) fruit (d) snack
- 37.Which word is the odd one out? (a) pineapple (b) tea (c) lassi (d) milk
- 38.Fill the gap: Paneer is made from ___. (a) rice (b) milk (c) wheat (d) honey
- 39.Which word means “steps to cook a dish”? (a) recipe (b) breakfast (c) salad (d) chapati
- 40.Fill the gap: A mango is a ___. (a) vegetable (b) spice (c) fruit (d) drink
Answer key
- fresh Indian cheese
- cooked lentils
- rasgulla
- menu
- pickle
- flour
- tea
- breakfast
- sweet
- menu
- salt
- honey
- tiffin
- juice
- water
- raw vegetables to eat
- lunch
- a packed lunch box
- dinner
- ladoo
- jalebi
- snack
- milk
- milk set overnight
- sweet dish after a meal
- papaya
- powder made from grain
- spinach
- guava
- the morning meal
- paneer
- a big, grand meal
- ghee
- cauliflower
- sweet
- drink
- pineapple
- milk
- recipe
- fruit
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