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