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