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