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