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