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