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