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