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