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