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