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