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Food Vocabulary Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 3: Food and taste words · Set 500 · 40 questions
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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. 1.What does “paneer” mean? (a) steps to cook a dish (b) the meal at night (c) cooked lentils (d) fresh Indian cheese
  2. 2.Fill the gap: We sprinkle ___ on food to make it salty. (a) salt (b) sugar (c) honey (d) jaggery
  3. 3.Fill the gap: A mango is a ___. (a) fruit (b) spice (c) vegetable (d) drink
  4. 4.Which word means “steps to cook a dish”? (a) ghee (b) recipe (c) dal (d) paneer
  5. 5.Which word means “sweet food made by bees”? (a) curd (b) honey (c) tiffin (d) flour
  6. 6.What does “feast” mean? (a) the meal at midday (b) cooked lentils (c) a big, grand meal (d) the meal at night
  7. 7.Which word is the odd one out? (a) lassi (b) tea (c) spinach (d) buttermilk
  8. 8.Fill the gap: We eat ___ at night before going to bed. (a) breakfast (b) lunch (c) dinner
  9. 9.Which word means “the meal at midday”? (a) menu (b) chapati (c) lunch (d) jaggery
  10. 10.Which word is the odd one out? (a) ladoo (b) cabbage (c) peas (d) cauliflower
  11. 11.What does “salad” mean? (a) powder made from grain (b) fresh Indian cheese (c) milk set overnight (d) raw vegetables to eat
  12. 12.Fill the gap: Jalebi is a ___. (a) fruit (b) drink (c) vegetable (d) sweet
  13. 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. 14.Fill the gap: Lassi is a ___. (a) snack (b) fruit (c) vegetable (d) drink
  15. 15.Fill the gap: Green chillies taste ___. (a) spicy (b) salty (c) sweet (d) sour
  16. 16.Fill the gap: A potato is a ___. (a) drink (b) spice (c) fruit (d) vegetable
  17. 17.Which word means “small food between meals”? (a) salad (b) ghee (c) snack (d) menu
  18. 18.Which word means “the morning meal”? (a) tiffin (b) juice (c) chapati (d) breakfast
  19. 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. 20.Fill the gap: Raw mango ___ is spicy and sour. (a) jaggery (b) milk (c) pickle (d) honey
  21. 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. 22.Which word means “cooked lentils”? (a) recipe (b) dal (c) dinner (d) lunch
  23. 23.Which word means “melted, clear butter”? (a) lunch (b) dal (c) ghee (d) chapati
  24. 24.Fill the gap: Mum rolls out dough and cooks a ___ on the tawa. (a) juice (b) curd (c) chapati (d) honey
  25. 25.Which word is the odd one out? (a) jalebi (b) potato (c) barfi (d) kheer
  26. 26.Which word is the odd one out? (a) tea (b) milk (c) buttermilk (d) cauliflower
  27. 27.Which word is the odd one out? (a) cabbage (b) onion (c) potato (d) apple
  28. 28.What does “dinner” mean? (a) the meal at night (b) cooked lentils (c) the morning meal (d) milk set overnight
  29. 29.Fill the gap: At the restaurant, we read the ___ to choose our food. (a) recipe (b) menu (c) salad (d) tiffin
  30. 30.Which word is the odd one out? (a) cauliflower (b) potato (c) peas (d) guava
  31. 31.Fill the gap: We drink ___ when we are thirsty. (a) rice (b) water (c) bread (d) chapati
  32. 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. 33.Which word is the odd one out? (a) banana (b) papaya (c) grapes (d) peas
  34. 34.Which word is the odd one out? (a) ladoo (b) gulab jamun (c) barfi (d) brinjal
  35. 35.Which word means “raw vegetables to eat”? (a) recipe (b) flour (c) salad (d) dal
  36. 36.Which word means “the meal at night”? (a) lunch (b) salad (c) honey (d) dinner
  37. 37.Which word means “spiced fruit kept in oil”? (a) feast (b) pickle (c) honey (d) recipe
  38. 38.Which word means “list of dishes to order”? (a) ghee (b) pickle (c) menu (d) dinner
  39. 39.What does “ghee” mean? (a) the meal at night (b) melted, clear butter (c) fresh Indian cheese (d) raw vegetables to eat
  40. 40.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gulab jamun (b) papaya (c) jalebi (d) ladoo

Answer key

  1. fresh Indian cheese
  2. salt
  3. fruit
  4. recipe
  5. honey
  6. a big, grand meal
  7. spinach
  8. dinner
  9. lunch
  10. ladoo
  11. raw vegetables to eat
  12. sweet
  13. flat round bread
  14. drink
  15. spicy
  16. vegetable
  17. snack
  18. breakfast
  19. a packed lunch box
  20. pickle
  21. steps to cook a dish
  22. dal
  23. ghee
  24. chapati
  25. potato
  26. cauliflower
  27. apple
  28. the meal at night
  29. menu
  30. guava
  31. water
  32. the meal at midday
  33. peas
  34. brinjal
  35. salad
  36. dinner
  37. pickle
  38. menu
  39. melted, clear butter
  40. papaya

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