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