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