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