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