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Spell Bee Word: Homework


What does homework mean?

Word: Homework

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Homework means school work that a teacher gives you to do at home.

How do you spell homework?

Syllables: home - work

Tricky part: The e in the middle is silent, so children often leave it out. After the w, the vowel sounds like er but is spelt or.

Watch out for: homwork, homewerk, homewurk

Memory tip: Say it in your head as ho-me-work, giving the quiet e a beat of its own, so you never forget to write it.

Homework in a sentence

Example 1: I finish my homework before I go out to play.

Example 2: Our maths homework was only five sums today.

Example 3: Papa helps me check my homework at night.

Fun Fact

Homework is an old word. Long ago it meant work done at home rather than in a workshop; the school meaning came later.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) classroom
b) lunchbox
c) hoamwork
d) notebook

Show answer

c) hoamwork. The long o sound at the start needs no a; classroom, notebook and lunchbox are all spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mewkroho

a) mohework
b) ohmework
c) hmoework
d) homework

Show answer

d) homework. Read each one from the first letter: only homework begins with the h sound followed by o.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hommework

a) h
b) m
c) o
d) w

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b) m. Homework has a single m, so one of the two must go.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

homewor_

a) n
b) d
c) k
d) m

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c) k. The second part is the word work, and work ends in k.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which job counts as homework?

a) a song sung at assembly
b) a maths sheet to finish tonight
c) a picture book read in class
d) a game of tag at break time

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b) a maths sheet to finish tonight

2. Choose the sentence that uses homework correctly.

a) We homeworked the whole garden.
b) I did my homework after school.
c) I homework my sums every day.
d) She was very homework today.

Show answer

b) I did my homework after school.

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ho: hotel, horse, hobby

More words from this list

mouth, quick, slipper, trouble, apple, bubble, croak, fifteen

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