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