Roots quiz: cap-, pel-, puls-

Mrs. Schaffer learned how to speak Spanish by watching closed-_____________ television, in which the spoken words that go along with the images are printed at the bottom of the screen.

• capable

• capacity

• capture

• captioned

Luckily, they were all wearing life jackets when their paddleboats _____________ while boating at Timber Ridge.

• propel

• capsized

• compelled

• recapitulation

Mrs. Murray's heart was _______________________ so quickly after running up the steep hill that she had to sit down to rest.

• pulsating

• repulsive

• compelled

• expel

Kaylie felt _________________ to help the homeless man who was standing on the corner of Maurer by offering him a gift card to Sprouts.

• expel

• captioned

• compelled

• capable

McAuliffe has the right to ______________________ students for improper behavior.

• capture

• dispel

• impel

• expel

The gas tank on Mr. Orr's truck has the ____________________ to hold 30 gallons of gasoline.

• capacity

• impulse

• repellent

• encapsulate

Mrs. Riley decided to ______________________ on the fact that her class loved animals, so she brought in a few of her pets to visit when the class demonstrated outstanding behavior.

• repel

• capitalize

• capture

• encapsulate

Many adventure stories involve the __________________ of a main character and the eventual release as an outcome.

• escape

• capable

• capture

• decapitate

Brant was in terrific physical shape for the track meet, but drank his fitness water just to see if it might help ________________ him forward even faster.

• propel

• pulsating

• dispel

• capture

Abby's joke was so funny that Mrs. Murray couldn't resist the __________ to laugh.

• capacity

• impel

• impulse

• repulsive