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