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