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