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