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