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