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