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