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