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