Kilo Lingo

/ˈhəʊmwɜːk/

Line drawing of homework
Coloured illustration of homework
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Translation

School work that a teacher gives you to do at home.

Word origin

Made in English by joining the words home and work; school work done at home.

Origin
English
Root
home + work
English cognates
home, work

Examples

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"Do your homework" is the usual verb phrase, not "make".

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Homework is work from school that you do at home.

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"Homework" is uncountable, so we say "much homework", never "homeworks".

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This word is part of lesson 47.