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