Class 10 English › NCERT Words and Expressions II · Unit 7

Workbook focus · Comparing descriptions, travel vocabulary and summarising

Unit 7: Glimpses of India

Compare how the three accounts present local food, landscape, work and cultural memory. Practise selecting details that represent a place without turning a summary into a list.

Language focus

Comparing descriptions, travel vocabulary and summarising

Compare how the three accounts present local food, landscape, work and cultural memory. Practise selecting details that represent a place without turning a summary into a list.

Practice activity

Choose one of the three regions. Write a 60-word travel note using two sensory details and one fact from the text.

Solved workbook-style practice

Original practice for this guide; use the NCERT workbook for its complete exercises.

Question 1

How can a reader compare two travel descriptions accurately?

Use a shared feature such as landscape, food or local work, then explain one similarity and one difference supported by details from both descriptions.

Question 2

Select the best summary: a list of place names or a statement of the shared idea?

A statement of the shared idea is usually the stronger summary because it combines the details into a central point rather than repeating them.

Question 3

Give a transition that can introduce a contrast between two regions.

“By contrast,” or “Unlike the first region,” can signal a difference clearly.

Self-check