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