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