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