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