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