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