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