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