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