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