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