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