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