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