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