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