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