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