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