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