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