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