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