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