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