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