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