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