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