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