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