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