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