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