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