home‧work S2 / həʊmwɜk $ hoʊmwɜrk / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 work that a student at school is asked to do at home → classwork :

For homework , finish the exercise on page 14.

2 if you do your homework, you prepare for an important activity by finding out information you need → research :

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

Grammar

Homework is an uncountable 名词 and has no 复数形式 form. Use a singular 动词 after it :

systems to ensure that homework is completed

COLLOCATIONS

动词

do your homework Paul, have you done your homework?

give (somebody) homework ( also set (somebody) homework British English ) The teacher gave them some homework to do by Monday.

help somebody with their homework I often have to help her with her homework.

hand in your homework (= give it to the teacher ) You must hand in your homework by Friday.

start/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 ) He always hands his homework in on time.

NOUN + homework

biology/history/French etc homework The science homework was really hard.

短语

a piece of homework I still have one piece of homework left to do.

COMMON ERRORS

► Do not say ‘make/write your homework’ . Say do your homework .