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