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• The kids are busy with their homework.
• My science teacher always sets a lot of homework.
• "Have you got any homework tonight ?" "No."
• I got A minus for my English homework.
• For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species .
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Grammar: When to Use Do, Does, and Did

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• 12th August 2022

Verbs are essential to creating complete sentences, as they help us express physical actions ( She jumped in the puddle) , mental actions ( He thought about puppies) , and states of being ( I am hungry) .

There are several types of verbs that can each be written in different tenses, so they can be tricky to work with, especially if English isn’t your first language . We’ve put together a guide to help you use one of the most common verbs, do , in your writing . Read on below to learn more!

Action Verbs

As the name suggests, action verbs are used to express actions completed by the subject of a sentence. The base verb do is conjugated according to the tense:

1. Present Tense

In the present tense, do takes the form do or does, depending on the subject:

Consider the following examples:

We do our homework every night.

   She does her homework every night.

2. Past Tense

In the simple past tense , the base verb do takes the form did with all subjects:

   We did our homework last night.

   She did her homework last night.

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary , or helping verbs, are used with another base verb to create negative sentences, questions, or add emphasis. Here’s how do should be used as an auxiliary verb:

1. Negative Sentences

Following the same subject–verb pairings introduced above, we combine the auxiliaries do , does , and did with the adverb not to create negative sentences:

   We do not do our homework every night.

   She did not do her homework last night.

Note that we can combine the auxiliary and the adverb to create the contractions don’t , doesn’t , and didn’t . You simply remove the space between the two words and replace the letter o in not with an apostrophe (’).

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Contractions are more common in conversations and informal writing and typically shouldn’t be used in formal writing (e.g., academic or business).

2. Questions

To create questions, the auxiliary is combined with the infinitive of another verb in this way: auxiliary verb + subject + infinitive verb .

●  Simple present questions:

Do they sell children’s books?

Does he speak English?

Note that the third person verb speaks isn’t spelled with the s when paired with the auxiliary to form a question.

●  Simple past questions:

Did you buy anything at the bookstore?

Did he learn how to speak English?

Note that did indicates the past tense, so the main verbs don’t also take the past tense (i.e., bought and learned ).

3. Emphasis

In positive sentences, we can also combine the auxiliaries do , does , and did with the main verb to emphasize that something is true:

   We do sell children’s books.

   He did learn to speak English.

Try saying these sentences aloud and adding emphasis to the auxiliary terms with your tone. It adds a dramatic effect!

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Definition of homework noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

• acquire/get/lack experience/training/(an) education
• receive/provide somebody with training
• develop/design/plan a curriculum/course/program/syllabus
• give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
• hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
• moderate/lead/facilitate a discussion
• sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
• go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
• be in the first, second, etc. grade (at school)
• study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
• finish/drop out of/quit school
• graduate from high school/college
• be the victim/target of bullying/teasing
• skip/cut/ ( informal ) ditch class/school
• cheat on an exam/a test
• get/be given a detention (for doing something)
• be expelled from/be suspended from school
• do your homework/a project on something
• work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/a paper
• finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies
• hand in/turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
• study/prepare/review/ ( informal ) cram for a test/an exam
• take/ ( formal ) sit for a test/an exam
• grade homework/a test
• do well on/ ( informal ) ace a test/an exam
• pass/fail/ ( informal ) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
• apply to/get into/go to/start college
• leave/graduate from college (with a degree in computer science)/law school
• study for/work towards a law degree/a degree in physics
• major/minor in biology/philosophy
• earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a Ph.D. in economics

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Verb tense worksheets terms of use, unit 1: using "to be".

• Verb Tenses Diagram - A diagram of verb tenses and examples

This unit contains worksheets outlining common usages of the verb "to be." Good for use with beginning level and intermediate level learners.

• Answer Key - This is the answer key to Unit 1 worksheets.
• Exercise 1 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 2 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 3 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 4 - Review of the Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 5 - Review of the Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 6 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 7 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 8 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 9 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 10 - Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 11 - Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 12 - Review of the Present Tense and Simple Past Tense
• Print all - Click here to print all worksheets in Unit 1, including the answer key

Unit 2: Present Tense

• Answer Key - This is the answer key to Unit 2 worksheets.
• Exercise 4 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 5 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 6 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 7 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 8 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 9 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 10 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 11 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 12 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 13 - Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 14 - Review of the Simple Present Tense
• Exercise 15 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 16 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 17 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 18 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 19 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 20 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 21 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 22 - Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 23 - Review of the Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 24 - Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 25 - Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 26 - Review of the Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive Tense
• Exercise 27 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 28 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 29 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 30 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 31 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 32 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 33 - Simple Present Perfect Tense
• Exercise 34 - Present Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 35 - Present Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 36 - Simple Present Perfect Tense and Present Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 37 - Review of the Simple Present Perfect Tense and Present Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 38 - Cumulative Review of the Present Tense

Unit 3: Past Tense

This unit contains printable past tense worksheets. each worksheet includes an explanation and examples of the three aspects (simple, progressive, and perfect) of the past tense. practice involves filling in the blanks and rewriting sentences in the specified aspect of the past tense..

• Answer Key - This is the answer key to Unit 3 worksheets.
• Exercise 1 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 2 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 3 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 4 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 5 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 10 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 11 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 12 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 13 - Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 14 - Review of the Simple Past Tense
• Exercise 15 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 16 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 17 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 18 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 19 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 20 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 21 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 22 - Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 23 - Review of the Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 24 - Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 25 - Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 26 - Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 27 - Review of the Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense
• Exercise 28 - Simple Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 29 - Simple Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 30 - Simple Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 31 - Simple Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 32 - Simple Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 33 - Past Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 34 - Past Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 35 - Past Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 36 - Simple Past Perfect Tense and Past Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 37 - Cumulative Review of the Past Tense

Unit 4: Future Tense

This unit contains printable future tense worksheets. each worksheet includes an explanation and examples of the three aspects (simple, progressive, and perfect) of the future tense. practice involves filling in the blanks and rewriting sentences in the specified aspect of the future tense..

• Will and Going to - an introduction to the difference between these two forms of the future tense
• Will and Going to answers - answers to the above worksheet
• Answer Key - This is the answer key to Unit 4 worksheets.
• Exercise 1 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 2 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 3 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 4 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 5 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 6 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 7 - Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 8 - Review of the Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 9 - Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 10 - Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 11 - Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 12 - Review of the Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 13 - Future Perfect Tense
• Exercise 14 - Review of the Simple Future Tense
• Exercise 15 - Future Perfect Tense
• Exercise 16 - Future Perfect Tense
• Exercise 17 - Future Perfect Progressive Tense
• Exercise 18 - Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 19 - Review of the Future Progressive Tense
• Exercise 20 - Cumulative Review of the Future Tense

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Done my homework.

(Yerastov 2010b:117)

The done my homework construction involves a form of the word be , followed by the participle finished or done (or, for some speakers, started ), followed by a noun phrase. (1) and (2) show two examples of this construction:

1) I’m done my homework. 2) I’m finished my homework.

Note that the noun phrase does not have to be my homework . In fact, it can be almost any noun phrase, as shown by the following examples taken from Hinnell (2012:4):

3) a. Martin is done his bass tracks and we are ready to start vocals. b. By the time I am done dinner , I don’t want my side snack. c. So many bloggers I read are doing this. One is already done her 50,000 words ! d. This will be particularly important once you’re done the tattoo and need to leave the shop.

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The done my homework construction is a widespread characteristic of Canadian English, and it is also found in the United States among speakers in the Philadelphia area, southern New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the northern part of New England (Yerastov 2008, 2010a, 2010b, 2012, 2016; Hinnell 2012; Fruehwald and Myler 2013, 2015; Zanuttini et al. 2016). It has not been found in the dialects of the United Kingdom or elsewhere outside of North America.

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Syntactic Properties

The syntax of this construction has recently been studied in some detail by Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015). The following description is based on their work.

Degree modification by all

The done my homework construction may seem to resemble a sentence like I have done my homework . (A sentence that, like this one, contains have plus a participle is said to be in the perfect aspect ). However, the phrase done my homework is actually more similar to adjective phrases such as ready for school because, like an adjective phrase, these phrases can be modified by the degree word all . (4a) shows a typical example of all modifying an adjective phrase (namely, ready for school ), and (4b) shows an analogous example of the done my homework construction with modification by all :

4) a. I’m all ready for school. b. I’m all done my homework.

By contrast, done my homework may not be modified by all when it is used in a sentence with the perfect aspect. Thus, (5) is not acceptable:

5) *I have all done my homework.

This is evidence that the done my homework construction is not an instance of a verb phrase in the perfect aspect but rather is more like an adjective phrase.

Co-occurrence with perfect aspect

The done my homework construction also differs from verb phrases in the perfect aspect in that done my homework can actually co-occur with the perfect aspect, as in (6):

6) I have been done my homework for a while now.

By contrast, although done my homework can co-occur with the perfect aspect as shown in (6), the perfect aspect cannot co-occur with a second instance of the perfect aspect in the same sentence. Thus, (7) would not be acceptable:

7) *I have had done my homework for a while now.

Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015) show several other ways in which the done my homework construction is distinct from the perfect aspect.

No leaving the object behind

At first glance, it may be tempting to think that the done my homework construction involves simply not pronouncing the word with in a sentence like (8):

8) I'm done with my homework.

Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015), however, present several differences between the two constructions. One such difference is the ability (shown in (9c)) to move the word done to the beginning of the sentence, similar to the movement of proud and angry in (9a) and (9b):

9) a. Proud though John is of his daughter , it won't matter. b. Angry though John is with his daughter , it won't matter. c. Done though John is with his computer , it won't matter.

This kind of movement is not possible with the done my homework construction. For example, although the entire phrase done his homework may be moved as in (10b), (10a) would be judged unacceptable because only done has moved, leaving the object his homework behind:

10) a. * Done though John may be his homework , it won't matter. b. * Done his homework though John may be, it won't matter.

In this respect, it is similar to phrases like worth the money because (11a), like (10a), is unacceptable, whereas (11b), like (10b), is acceptable:

11)  a. * Worth though this may be the money , it won't matter. b. * Worth the money though this may be, it won't matter.

Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015) also argue that the meaning of the construction is not what we would expect if it involved an unpronounced with .

Allowed verbs

There is variation across dialects in terms of which verbs speakers allow in this construction. According to Yerastov (e.g. 2010a, 2010b), there is a hierarchy along the lines of finished > done > started . In other words, if speakers accept started (as in I'm started my homework ), they will accept all three verbs. If speakers accept done , they will also accept finished , but not necessarily started . Finally, some speakers accept only finished . This kind of hierarchy resembles the one found in the needs washed construction with need > want > like (see here for further discussion of the needs washed construction).

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The following map shows results from a recent nationwide survey. It represents speakers' judgments of the sentence I'm done my homework . There is some description of the map on the left, as well as a legend in the upper righthand side.

This next map shows recent results of a survey regarding various iterations of the PAST-PARTICIPLE + YOUR HOMEWORK construction:

Page contributed by Jim Wood on February 28, 2014.

Updates/revisions: August 9, 2015 (Tom McCoy); June 1, 2018 (Katie Martin); July 8, 2020 (Oliver Shoulson)

Please cite this page as: Wood, Jim. 2014. Done my homework. Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America . (Available online at http://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/done-my-homework . Accessed on YYYY-MM-DD). Updated by Tom McCoy (2015), Katie Martin (2018), and Oliver Shoulson (2020).

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• Holocaust Glossary (one per student; from Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 3, Work Time A)
• Independent reading journal (one per student; begun in Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 6, Work Time B)
• Entrance Ticket: Unit 2, Lesson 11 (example for teacher reference)
• Track Gist, Plot, Character, and Theme: The Other Victims , Excerpts 1 and 2 note-catcher (example for teacher reference)
• Objective Summary: Text of Your Choice (example for teacher reference)
• Entrance Ticket: Unit 2, Lesson 11 (one per student)
• The Other Victims , Excerpt 1 (one per student and one for display)
• The Other Victims , Excerpt 2 (one per student and one for display)
• Track Gist, Plot, Character, and Theme: The Other Victims , Excerpts 1 and 2 note-catcher (one per student)
• Objective Summary: Text of Your Choice (one per student)
• Sticky notes (one per student)

Each unit in the 6-8 Language Arts Curriculum has two standards-based assessments built in, one mid-unit assessment and one end of unit assessment. The module concludes with a performance task at the end of Unit 3 to synthesize students' understanding of what they accomplished through supported, standards-based writing.

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Word of the Day: jeer

This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

By The Learning Network

jeer \ dʒɪər \ verb and noun

verb: laugh at with contempt and derision noun: the act of scoffing, taunting, or mocking

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The word jeer has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 5 in The New York Times Magazine Letter of Recommendation “ Why I Love Doing Homework (Even If My Kids Hate It) ” by Saul Austerlitz:

My kids call me the homework villain. Every school-day afternoon, my two sons — the older is entering sixth grade, the younger second grade — return home and gather snacks before beginning the day’s homework tussle. They are tired and ready to play video games or to watch incomprehensible YouTube videos about video games. I ignore all complaints, offer up my trademark cackle and direct them to the index cards on our fridge listing the day’s homework: reading, math, writing and even — when I am feeling particularly villainous — Hebrew reading. … I don’t love being the bad guy my kids jeer when I remind them that it is homework time once again. But I am thankful to be granted the opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning. I enjoy seeing them overcome the initial impulse that if something doesn’t come easily, it isn’t worth doing …

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