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