The use of concordancing (sample 4c)

 In the exercise below the pupils will learn the difference in meaning between  “contain” and “consist of”.

Look at the sentences below to find the difference in meaning between “contain” and “consist”.

  1. ...ese notes are largely extracts and only [[contain]] a limited amount of comment. They have...

   2. ...s in a number of ways a double book. It [[consists]] of two alternating narratives, one of w...

   3. ...e novel to which it relates. Many poems [[contain]] a critique of poetry, just as many cont...

   4. ...ation with language games, but may also [[contain]] a `naturalist" (or modernist) desire to...

   5. ...has two Classical mottoes, one of which [[consists]] of   Latin words carved on the...

   6. ...preparations for these published works, [[consisting]] of four grisaille paintings, one pen dr...

   7. ...iour lacked political significance, and [[consisted]] of antics.  Guerrillas,...

   8. ...ical works he examined, and these notes [[contain]] passages later incorporated into Engels...

   9. ...and non-  ELT material and will mostly [[consist]] of documentary programmes or extracts...

10. ...d, and concentrate on those works which [[contain]] a large proportion of anthropological d...

Fill in either “consist” or “contain” whichever you think is correct.

   1. ...e novel to which it relates. Many poems  __________  a critique of poetry, just as many cont...

   2. ...ese notes are largely extracts and only  __________  a limited amount of comment. They have...

3. ...has two Classical mottoes, one of which  __________  of   Latin words carved on the...

   4. ...ation with language games, but may also  __________  a `naturalist" (or modernist) desire to...

   5. ...s in a number of ways a double book. It  __________  of two alternating narratives, one of w...

   6. ...iour lacked political significance, and  __________  of antics.  Guerrillas,...

   7. ...preparations for these published works,  __________  of four grisaille paintings, one pen dr...

8. ...ical works he examined, and these notes  __________  passages later incorporated into Engels...

   9. ...d, and concentrate on those works which  __________  a large proportion of anthropological d...

 10. ...and non-  ELT material and will mostly  __________  of documentary programmes or extracts...

(prepared by Metka Kosir)