Vocabulary exercises

1. List 28
plea
practical
random
significant
sole
Plea—noun; urgent request, appeal, petition
plead—verb
plea/ding—adj
plea/ding/ly—adv
 I will make one last plea for everyone to pay attention to me.
 You might make a plea to the world to do something to make the world a
better place like recycle.
 What would be your plea to improve the quality of life on this planet?
Antonym – demand, decision, reply, answer
Practical—adj; sensible, possible, reasonable, rational
(prac/ti/cal)
Prac/tic/al/ly—adv
 I think it’s practical to use both sides of a piece of paper before throwing it
out.
 It’s practical to take care of your car.
 What is a piece of practical advice you can give us?
Antonym – impractical, impossible, unlikely, unrealistic, irrational
Random—adj; without order, accidental, unplanned, irregular
(ran/dom)
Ran/dom/ly—adv
Ran/do/mize—noun
 I’m going to pick a random number for you to guess.
 Clouds appear to move randomly, but they really have a pattern of
movement.
 What would be something random that you could do?
Antonym – planned, systematic, particular, regular, with order
Significant—adj; large, important, powerful, serious
(sig/ni/fi/cant)
Sig/nif/i/cant/ly—adv
Sig/ni/fi/cance—noun
 I think it is very significant that you come to school even with your busy
schedules.
 Having a good attitude is a significant help in being a healthy person.
 What is something significant in your life?
Antonym – insignificant, small, unimportant, minor

2. Sole—adj; only, solitary, single
Sole/ly—adv
 The sole reason some people work is to survive.
 She is the sole teacher in this room.
 What is the sole reason you come to school/have a job?
Antonym – multiple, mutual
List 28
plea
practical
random
significant
sole
Definition
1. ___________________ quite large in amount or number; important
2. ___________________not having a purpose, or pattern; chance
3. ___________________only; being the only one
4. ___________________useful and sensible
5. ___________________ a request, especially a deeply felt, emotional one;
an appeal
Fill in the Blank
6. The Murphys have so many pets that they spend a
___________________ amount of their grocery money to feed them.
7. Rodrigo begged the waitress to hurry with his meal, but she ignored his
___________________.
8. I like to take ___________________ walks without any plan in mind.
9. She barely knows her neighbor. The ___________________ conversation
they ever have is saying “Good morning” to each other.
10.White furniture is not ___________________ for a family with little kids.

3. Match the Word
11. _____ My earnings from baby-sitting are an
important part of my budget.
a. plea
12. _____ The visitors to the city just wandered up and
down the streets.
b. practical
13. _____ We buy milk instead of cola. c. random
14. _____ Please donate to help the family whose
house burned down.
d. significant
15. _____ There is one egg left in the carton. e. Sole
Antonyms
1. practical
a. useless
b. attractive
c. valuable
d. common
2. random
a. not steady
b. unknown
c. interesting
d. planned
3. significant
a. dull
b. unclear
c. small in amount
d. wrong
4. plea
a. joke
b. decision
c. ignore
d. abuse
5. sole
a. many
b. only
c. important
d. unplanned

4. What/Why Questions
6. What would be practical to wear in the winter in Minnesota?
7. In what kind of situation is it good to think randomly?
8. What should a significant part of your monthly budget be spent on?
9. When would you make a plea for donations from people you don’t know?
10.Would you like to be the sole support of your family? Why or why not?