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