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