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