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