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