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