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