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