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