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