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