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