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