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