school assignment

Thân thiện

The student completes a school assignment at her desk.

Definition

Noun: A task given to a student by a teacher as part of their education, to be completed outside of regular class time. It is work intended to reinforce learning, practice skills, or prepare for future lessons.

Usage

A "school assignment" is a piece of work a student must do for a class. It is typically assigned by a teacher and has a deadline for completion. The purpose is to help the student learn and demonstrate their understanding of the subject.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The history teacher gave us a long school assignment about the Civil War.
  • Finishing my math school assignment took two hours.
  • She received a high grade on her latest school assignment.

Advanced Usage

• "to turn in an assignment": to submit completed work to the teacher.
  • You must turn in your assignment by Friday.
• "assignment deadline": the final date or time by which the work must be submitted.
  • I'm working late because the assignment deadline is tomorrow.

Variants and Related Words

• Homework (n): work assigned to be done at home. This is a very common synonym for "school assignment."
  • I have too much homework tonight.
• Project (n): a often longer and more involved assignment that may require research or creative work.
  • Our science project is to build a model volcano.
• Essay (n): a common type of written assignment.
  • The essay assignment was 500 words long.

Synonyms

• Homework
• Task
• Exercise (in an academic context)

Related Phrases

• "to fall behind on assignments": to not complete work by the expected time.
  • He is starting to fall behind on his assignments.
• "to grade an assignment": for a teacher to evaluate and score a student's work.
  • The teacher will grade our assignments over the weekend.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

Từ đồng nghĩa

• schoolwork