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