homework

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home·work /ˈhəʊmwɜːk $ ˈhoʊmwɜːrk/ S2 noun [uncountableU]

1 SESWORK THAT somebody DOESwork that a student at school is asked to do at home 〔学生的〕家庭作业，功课 → classwork

For homework, finish the exercise on page 14.

家庭作业是完成第14页的练习。

2 PREPAREif you do your homework, you prepare for an important activity by finding out information you need 〔重要活动之前的〕准备工作 → research

It’s worth doing a bit of homework before buying a computer.

买电脑之前做点准备工作是值得的。

5 Grammar 语法

Homework is an uncountable noun and has no plural form. Use a singular verb after it. homework是不可数名词，没有复数形式，其后要用单数动词

systems to ensure that homework is completed

确保家庭作业完成的方法

n GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?

Homework is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural. You say:

The teacher gave us a lot of homework.

✗Don’t say: The teacher gave us a lot of homeworks.

Homework is always followed by a singular verb.

The homework was really difficult.

When talking about one essay or exercise that you have to do, you say a piece of homework:

I just have one more piece of homework to do.

COLLOCATIONS

verbs

do your homework 做家庭作业

Paul, have you done your homework?

保罗，你家庭作业完成了吗？

give (somebody) homework (also set (somebody) homework British EnglishBrE) （给某人）布置家庭作业

The teacher gave them some homework to do by Monday.

老师给他们布置了一些家庭作业，星期一之前要完成。

help somebody with their homework 帮助某人做家庭作业

I often have to help her with her homework.

我常常得帮助她做功课。

hand in your homework (=give it to the teacher) 交家庭作业

You must hand in your homework by Friday.

星期五之前必须交家庭作业。

nstart/finish your homework

You’re not going out until you’ve finished your homework.

hand in your homework (=give homework you have done to your teacher) 交家庭作业

nHe always hands his homework in on time.

NOUNS + homework

biology/history/French etc homework 生物/历史/法语等家庭作业

The science homework was really hard.

自然课的家庭作业太难了。

nphrases

a piece of homework

I still have one piece of homework left to do.

COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘make/write your homework’. Say do your homework.

不要说 ‘make/write your homework’. 而要说 do your homework.

Examples from the Corpus

homework• Don't you kids have any homework?• I don't have any homework tonight.• For homework, I'd like you to finish exercises 2 and 3 on page 24.• Dave, have you done your French homework?• There were two more open airs during the week and somewhere in between all this activity the children had homework to complete.• I'm sorry Gail, but Amber has to stay home and do her homework.• We were in the middle of that when he was called inside to do his homework and I was sent home.• Housework, homework, work in fields, farms and factories.• I pointed out that the same students were handing in homework in their other classes.• Go to your room and do your math homework before you start watching TV.• Mrs Burgess gives more homework than the other teachers.• More tests, more homework, more drill, more hours, more days.• Oh, I've got so much homework to do!• My brother always used to help me with my homework.• The amount of homework help that parents give should also affect results.• Have you got a lot of homework then?• Did you get your homework done Jason?• You don't hand your homework in on time, or you don't even bother to do it.

doing ... homework• I get good grades by just going through the steps and doing the homework and turning it in.• I hope Alice and Christopher are doing their homework - are they?• Y., where he was supposed to be doing his homework.• Flora was lying on her bedroom floor doing her homework.• A good student, particularly in subjects like math and science, he spends hours in his room doing homework and reading.• I was doing my homework - sort of.