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