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