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Basic Tastes of Food

16 Grade 2 Hygiene and Nutrition Activities questions on Basic Tastes of Food, with worked marking schemes. 16 questions are available on this topic in full.

  1. Question 1

    2 marks

    Say the taste of githeri with too much salt.

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  2. Question 2

    2 marks

    Match: (a) sweet (b) bitter with (1) aloe vera leaf (2) ripe banana.

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  3. Question 3

    1 mark

    Fill in the blank: A ripe mango tastes _______.

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  4. Question 4

    1 mark

    Name one food you eat at home that tastes sweet.

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    Marking scheme

    Accept any sweet food: ripe banana, mango, sugarcane, honey, sweet potato.

  5. Question 5

    1 mark

    Name one food that tastes sour.

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  6. Question 6

    2 marks

    Match each food to its taste: (a) sugar (b) lemon (c) salt with (1) salty (2) sweet (3) sour.

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  7. Question 7

    2 marks

    Draw a sweet food you like to eat.

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    Marking scheme

    Any sweet food drawn: mango, banana, sweet, cake.

  8. Question 8

    2 marks

    Match each food to how it tastes. Draw a line: 1. Sugar 2. Lemon 3. Salt a. Sour b. Sweet c. Salty

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    1-b (sugar-sweet), 2-a (lemon-sour), 3-c (salt-salty). 2 marks all correct, 1 mark for 2 correct.

  9. Question 9

    1 mark

    Name one food that tastes sweet.

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    Any: mango, banana, sugarcane, honey, ripe pawpaw.

  10. Question 10

    1 mark

    A bitter medicine tastes ________.

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  11. Question 11

    2 marks

    Draw a fruit that tastes sour.

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  12. Question 12

    1 mark

    Salt makes food taste ________.

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  13. Question 13

    2 marks

    Name the four basic tastes we learnt.

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  14. Question 14

    1 mark

    Which body part do we use to taste food?

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  15. Question 15

    1 mark

    Name the taste of a lemon.

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  16. Question 16

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    Sugar tastes ________.

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