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