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