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