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