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