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