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Vocabulary lesson 3: Food and taste words · Set 228 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 2.Which word means “the morning meal”? (a) chapati (b) dessert (c) snack (d) breakfast
  3. 3.Fill the gap: We sprinkle ___ on food to make it salty. (a) honey (b) jaggery (c) sugar (d) salt
  4. 4.What does “paneer” mean? (a) raw vegetables to eat (b) fresh Indian cheese (c) the meal at midday (d) the morning meal
  5. 5.Fill the gap: We eat ___ in the morning before school. (a) dinner (b) feast (c) breakfast (d) lunch
  6. 6.What does “curd” mean? (a) milk set overnight (b) spiced fruit kept in oil (c) fresh Indian cheese (d) the morning meal
  7. 7.Fill the gap: We eat ___ at midday, at about one o’clock. (a) lunch (b) dinner (c) breakfast
  8. 8.Which word means “a big, grand meal”? (a) dessert (b) feast (c) salad (d) snack
  9. 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. 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. 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. 12.Which word means “powder made from grain”? (a) flour (b) jaggery (c) snack (d) juice
  13. 13.Which word is the odd one out? (a) kheer (b) ladoo (c) brinjal (d) jalebi
  14. 14.Fill the gap: Mum put dal and rice in my ___ box for school. (a) menu (b) salad (c) tiffin (d) recipe
  15. 15.Which word is the odd one out? (a) water (b) milk (c) potato (d) tea
  16. 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. 17.Fill the gap: Raw mango ___ is spicy and sour. (a) jaggery (b) milk (c) pickle (d) honey
  18. 18.Which word is the odd one out? (a) papaya (b) banana (c) spinach (d) grapes
  19. 19.Fill the gap: At the restaurant, we read the ___ to choose our food. (a) recipe (b) menu (c) salad (d) tiffin
  20. 20.Which word is the odd one out? (a) tea (b) peas (c) water (d) lassi
  21. 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. 22.Which word is the odd one out? (a) grapes (b) lassi (c) pineapple (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the odd one out? (a) cauliflower (b) banana (c) brinjal (d) spinach
  24. 24.Which word means “flat round bread”? (a) breakfast (b) chapati (c) dal (d) recipe
  25. 25.What does “dessert” mean? (a) cooked lentils (b) melted, clear butter (c) the morning meal (d) sweet dish after a meal
  26. 26.What does “lunch” mean? (a) milk set overnight (b) flat round bread (c) the meal at midday (d) powder made from grain
  27. 27.Fill the gap: Sea water tastes ___. (a) sweet (b) sour (c) spicy (d) salty
  28. 28.Fill the gap: Sugar tastes ___. (a) bitter (b) sweet (c) sour (d) salty
  29. 29.Which word means “cooked lentils”? (a) dal (b) jaggery (c) breakfast (d) lunch
  30. 30.Which word means “milk set overnight”? (a) feast (b) ghee (c) dessert (d) curd
  31. 31.Fill the gap: A mango is a ___. (a) fruit (b) spice (c) drink (d) vegetable
  32. 32.Which word means “melted, clear butter”? (a) chapati (b) ghee (c) dal (d) paneer
  33. 33.Fill the gap: Bees make sweet ___. (a) honey (b) jaggery (c) curd (d) dal
  34. 34.Which word means “list of dishes to order”? (a) dinner (b) menu (c) dessert (d) feast
  35. 35.Which word is the odd one out? (a) barfi (b) cauliflower (c) onion (d) potato
  36. 36.Which word is the odd one out? (a) banana (b) cabbage (c) apple (d) papaya
  37. 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. 38.Which word means “spiced fruit kept in oil”? (a) dal (b) menu (c) recipe (d) pickle
  39. 39.Fill the gap: A lemon tastes ___. (a) sour (b) spicy (c) salty (d) sweet
  40. 40.Fill the gap: We eat ___ at night before going to bed. (a) breakfast (b) dinner (c) lunch

Answer key

  1. cooked lentils
  2. breakfast
  3. salt
  4. fresh Indian cheese
  5. breakfast
  6. milk set overnight
  7. lunch
  8. feast
  9. a big, grand meal
  10. a block of brown sugar
  11. raw vegetables to eat
  12. flour
  13. brinjal
  14. tiffin
  15. potato
  16. a packed lunch box
  17. pickle
  18. spinach
  19. menu
  20. peas
  21. flat round bread
  22. lassi
  23. banana
  24. chapati
  25. sweet dish after a meal
  26. the meal at midday
  27. salty
  28. sweet
  29. dal
  30. curd
  31. fruit
  32. ghee
  33. honey
  34. menu
  35. barfi
  36. cabbage
  37. the morning meal
  38. pickle
  39. sour
  40. dinner

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