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