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