Please need help. Multiple choice.

OK, you want to check that students understand the meanings of CAPTURE and APPREHEND?

That's a good question. I would say "Is it a situation DESIGNED (or INTENDED) to capture/apprehend me by surprise".

"A situation to capture me" is not good English. You need a word between SITUATION and TO. It's a situation which is INTENDED to capture me, or DESIGNED to capture me, or CREATED.

Hi KrisBlueNZ,

Thank you for the very precise and great reply.

So it should be like this:

5.-	“Is it a trap? Are the police waiting for me in there?” he asked himself.
	Word class: noun.
a.	Is i

Me again,

Remember that, these questions are for low intermediate students, and that many times I pick up words that have a latin root, so it is really easy for the Spanish students to understand them.

For example:

Apprehend in Spanish is Aprehender.

Capture in Spanish is Capturar.

So, the students get two benefits the word they don't understand + two E

Capture, apprehend, catch - Are all very similar in meaning. Understadning when and how to use them appropriately is not something that someone can master overnight.

Capture - to me has a broader and higher degree in meaning, like a leader of an international gang or terrorist group who is on the run to avoid capture, as described in this report:

Hi dimsumexpress,

Thank YOU for your replies and explanations an the article. They really help me a lot.

Take care

Anytime! I 've always wanted to visit Barcelona and Madrid. Someday, you may have to help me with Spanish.

Hi dimsumexpress,

Whenever you wish I'll be glad to show you around Barcelona, and of course help you with Spanish. I mean it.