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