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