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 “lunch” mean? (a) a packed lunch box (b) the meal at night (c) the meal at midday (d) drink pressed from fruit
- 2.What does “pickle” mean? (a) spiced fruit kept in oil (b) flat round bread (c) list of dishes to order (d) raw vegetables to eat
- 3.Which word means “a big, grand meal”? (a) juice (b) feast (c) dessert (d) lunch
- 4.What does “recipe” mean? (a) flat round bread (b) the meal at night (c) small food between meals (d) steps to cook a dish
- 5.Which word means “fresh Indian cheese”? (a) chapati (b) menu (c) paneer (d) dinner
- 6.Fill the gap: Mum rolls out dough and cooks a ___ on the tawa. (a) honey (b) juice (c) chapati (d) curd
- 7.Which word means “a packed lunch box”? (a) chapati (b) ghee (c) dinner (d) tiffin
- 8.What does “salad” mean? (a) milk set overnight (b) the morning meal (c) list of dishes to order (d) raw vegetables to eat
- 9.Which word means “a block of brown sugar”? (a) honey (b) snack (c) flour (d) jaggery
- 10.What does “curd” mean? (a) powder made from grain (b) steps to cook a dish (c) milk set overnight (d) the morning meal
- 11.Which word means “cooked lentils”? (a) dal (b) feast (c) juice (d) ghee
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) grapes (b) apple (c) guava (d) jalebi
- 13.Fill the gap: We eat ___ at midday, at about one o’clock. (a) breakfast (b) dinner (c) lunch
- 14.Which word means “flat round bread”? (a) snack (b) jaggery (c) curd (d) chapati
- 15.Which word is the odd one out? (a) peas (b) apple (c) papaya (d) banana
- 16.What does “paneer” mean? (a) melted, clear butter (b) powder made from grain (c) the meal at midday (d) fresh Indian cheese
- 17.Which word is the odd one out? (a) barfi (b) kheer (c) pineapple (d) rasgulla
- 18.What does “feast” mean? (a) spiced fruit kept in oil (b) a big, grand meal (c) the morning meal (d) sweet dish after a meal
- 19.Fill the gap: At the restaurant, we read the ___ to choose our food. (a) tiffin (b) menu (c) recipe (d) salad
- 20.Which word is the odd one out? (a) cauliflower (b) water (c) peas (d) spinach
- 21.Fill the gap: Sugar tastes ___. (a) bitter (b) sour (c) salty (d) sweet
- 22.What does “snack” mean? (a) a big, grand meal (b) small food between meals (c) list of dishes to order (d) milk set overnight
- 23.Which word means “raw vegetables to eat”? (a) salad (b) menu (c) juice (d) curd
- 24.Fill the gap: Raw mango ___ is spicy and sour. (a) milk (b) pickle (c) honey (d) jaggery
- 25.What does “dessert” mean? (a) a block of brown sugar (b) the meal at night (c) the meal at midday (d) sweet dish after a meal
- 26.Which word means “small food between meals”? (a) pickle (b) snack (c) ghee (d) recipe
- 27.Fill the gap: Mum put dal and rice in my ___ box for school. (a) menu (b) salad (c) tiffin (d) recipe
- 28.What does “breakfast” mean? (a) the morning meal (b) a packed lunch box (c) a big, grand meal (d) cooked lentils
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) milk (b) ladoo (c) rasgulla (d) jalebi
- 30.Which word means “milk set overnight”? (a) dinner (b) snack (c) curd (d) paneer
- 31.Which word means “the morning meal”? (a) snack (b) breakfast (c) curd (d) ghee
- 32.Which word means “list of dishes to order”? (a) paneer (b) dinner (c) recipe (d) menu
- 33.Fill the gap: Karela tastes ___. (a) sour (b) bitter (c) salty (d) sweet
- 34.Which word is the odd one out? (a) rasgulla (b) jalebi (c) ladoo (d) spinach
- 35.Fill the gap: Lassi is a ___. (a) fruit (b) vegetable (c) snack (d) drink
- 36.Which word is the odd one out? (a) apple (b) pineapple (c) grapes (d) brinjal
- 37.Fill the gap: A potato is a ___. (a) drink (b) vegetable (c) fruit (d) spice
- 38.What does “flour” mean? (a) small food between meals (b) drink pressed from fruit (c) the meal at midday (d) powder made from grain
- 39.Which word is the odd one out? (a) rasgulla (b) gulab jamun (c) kheer (d) mango
- 40.Which word is the odd one out? (a) buttermilk (b) potato (c) water (d) lassi
Answer key
- the meal at midday
- spiced fruit kept in oil
- feast
- steps to cook a dish
- paneer
- chapati
- tiffin
- raw vegetables to eat
- jaggery
- milk set overnight
- dal
- jalebi
- lunch
- chapati
- peas
- fresh Indian cheese
- pineapple
- a big, grand meal
- menu
- water
- sweet
- small food between meals
- salad
- pickle
- sweet dish after a meal
- snack
- tiffin
- the morning meal
- milk
- curd
- breakfast
- menu
- bitter
- spinach
- drink
- brinjal
- vegetable
- powder made from grain
- mango
- potato
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