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