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Hand out

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In education & teaching, hand out means: To give a copy of something, such as a worksheet, test or book, to each person in a group.

In Turkish: dağıtmak

How it is used

Everyday classroom language. Teachers hand out worksheets, papers and tests, or ask a student to hand them out. It is separable: 'hand out the sheets' or 'hand them out'. The noun handout means a printed sheet given to students.

Example sentences

  1. Can you hand out these worksheets, Emre? One for each person.

  2. I'll hand out the tests now. Keep them face down until I say start.

Common collocations

  • hand out worksheets
  • hand out the tests
  • hand them out
  • hand out copies
  • hand inTo give a piece of finished work, such as homework, an essay or a test paper, to the teacher so that it can be checked or marked.
  • worksheetA printed or digital page with exercises, questions or tasks that students complete in class or at home.
  • teaching materialsAll the resources a teacher uses to help students learn, such as books, worksheets, slides, videos, flashcards and objects.

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