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