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