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