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