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