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