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