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