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