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