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