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