Synonym: assignment, duty, exercise, lesson, task. Similar words: framework, make-work, the working class, come home, foreword, be worth, somewhere, somewhat. Meaning: [ˈhəʊmwɜːk] 
n. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
n. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home). 
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151 Even the good students say homework is what they most dislike about school.
152 The teacher insisted on all the homework being handed in on Monday.
153 I can't do my homework with all this noise going on.
154 Samantha wouldn't do her homework until I bribed her with ice cream.
155 She gave the whole class extra homework for a week.
156 As a general rule of thumb, children this age should not spend more than one hour on homework.
157 Homework should not be used as a means of controlling children.
158 Katie has been plugging away at her homework for hours.
159 The teacher often detains the lazy pupils at school to do their homework.
160 We are being given too much homework,so we will take things up with our teacher.
161 Please pile your homework books neatly on the table as you leave.
162 The school tries to hammer home the importance of homework.
163 Parents have stepped in to provide homework help in the afternoon program.
164 As to correcting our homework, the teacher always makes us do it ourselves.
165 Most teachers think the government's guidelines on homework are too prescriptive.
166 'I have stacks of homework to do.' 'Oh, you poor thing.'
167 George zapped through his homework and rushed out to play football.
168 If you don't do your homework, you can leave the classroom.
169 She's never been very friendly, but she was all smiles when she asked me to help her with her homework.
170 Those who didn't finish their homework stop in after class.
171 It takes him half an hour to finish his homework every day.
172 With so much homework to do, her playtime is now very limited.
173 I've got some homework to do on the Industrial Revolution.
174 That last candidate impressed me with his knowledge of the company's activities; he has really done his homework.
175 Every day the teacher checks to see if the students have done their homework.
176 Getting him to do his homework is like pulling teeth.
177 The teacher set her class a mathematics exercise for homework.
178 The teacher disciplined the class by giving them extra homework.
179 The pupils were very glad because the teacher decided let them out of their homework.
180 Some of the students had done their homework but most hadn't.
More similar words: framework, make-work, the working class, come home, foreword, be worth, somewhere, somewhat, in the world, come what may, work, works, at work, home, work at, work up, workout, work off, network, work out, worker, all over the world, at home, workshop, paintwork, teamwork, out of work, homeland, patchwork, workplace.