homework
noun (homework)
Everyday
- Homework is school work that a pupil does at home. tree →
- Doing your homework can mean preparing well before something: «She did her homework before buying a bike». tree →
In the lessons
work counted in pages or problems: pages of math and reading homework, problems finished; «in all» adds the kinds, «how many more» compares them; phrases: «do homework», «hand in homework», «maths homework», «homework club»
Examples
- Rachel had 5 pages of math homework. tree →
- She had 2 more pages of reading homework. tree →
- How many pages of homework did she have in all? tree →
- Each page has 4 problems. tree →
- I do my homework before dinner. tree →
- Please hand in your homework on Monday. tree →
- The dog ate my homework! tree →
- We have spelling homework every week. tree →
Note
Uncountable: some homework, a piece of homework (not «a homework», not «homeworks»). The thing counted is pages or problems of homework. Trap: «math homework» and «reading homework» are kinds; «in all» adds them, «how many more» compares them.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «homework» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «homework» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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