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