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