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