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