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