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