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