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