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