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