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