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