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