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