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