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