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