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