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