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