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