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