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