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Spell Bee Word: Capacity


What does capacity mean?

Word: Capacity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Capacity means the largest amount that something can hold, or how much a person is able to do or understand.

Synonyms: ability

How do you spell capacity?

Syllables: ca - pac - i - ty

Tricky part: The middle is pac with a c, not pas: capasity is the usual slip.

Watch out for: capasity, capisity

Memory tip: Read the first five letters backwards and you get them again: c-a-p-a-c reads the same both ways.

Capacity in a sentence

Example 1: The water tank on our roof has a capacity of one thousand litres.

Example 2: The auditorium was filled to capacity for the school concert.

Example 3: Rohan has a great capacity for remembering phone numbers.

Fun Fact

Wembley Stadium in London has a seating capacity of 90,000 people, which makes it the biggest stadium in the United Kingdom.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

capac_t_

a) i, y
b) i, e
c) e, y
d) a, i

Show answer

a) i, y. The ending is ity, the same as in ability.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

capacity

a) volume
b) pressure
c) length
d) weight

Show answer

a) volume. The capacity of a jug is its volume, the space inside it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

capacitty

a) t
b) a
c) p
d) c

Show answer

a) t. One t is all the ending needs.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cylinder
b) litre
c) measurment
d) capacity

Show answer

c) measurment. Measure keeps its e before ment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A hall with a capacity of 300 already holds 300 people. What should happen next?

a) 300 more may come in
b) everyone should be sent out
c) no more people should go in
d) the show should be moved

Show answer

c) no more people should go in

2. Which question asks about capacity?

a) Who was it that made this jug?
b) When was this jug bought from the shop?
c) How much water can this jug hold?
d) What colour has this jug been painted?

Show answer

c) How much water can this jug hold?

Associated Words

Words that end in -ity: affinity, majority, diversity, locality, conductivity, ingenuity

More words from this list

crisis, enrolment, haughty, managerial, physicist, sincerity, upmarket, aftershock

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