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