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