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