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