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