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