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