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Homework

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ˈhəʊmwɜːk/nounCore term

In education & teaching, homework means: Work that a teacher gives students to do outside class time, usually at home, to practice or extend what they learned in the lesson.

In Turkish: ödev, ev ödevi

How it is used

Teachers set, give or assign homework; students do, finish and hand in homework. It is uncountable, so say 'some homework' or 'a homework task', never 'a homework' or 'homeworks'.

Example sentences

  1. For homework, finish exercise 4 and write five sentences of your own.

  2. I set less homework during exam week so students can revise.

Common collocations

  • set homework
  • do homework
  • hand in homework
  • check homework
  • homework assignment
  • 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.
  • go overTo look at, explain or check something again carefully, for example answers, mistakes or a topic before a test.
  • extension activityAn extra, more challenging task for students who finish early or need to go deeper, so that they keep learning instead of waiting.

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