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