homework

«homework» in Mova's school dictionary: school work that a pupil does at home — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (homework)

meaning for a pupil

1) Homework is school work that a pupil does at home. tree →

2) Doing your homework can mean preparing well before something: «She did her homework before buying a bike». tree →

sense 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.

In the corpora

• Sam got full marks on bot homework and then failed the test.
• Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.
• Mia's dad has a good rule: using AI for homework is like using a calculator.
• Telling a grown-up kindly about a little brother's copied homework helps him learn.
• Helping someone learn is different from doing their homework for them; you can explain, give tips and ask questions instead.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «homework» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.