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