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