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