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