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