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