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