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