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