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