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