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