Now here’s an important detail – the word chore is countable, so you can have one chore, two chores, three chores, or a lot of chores to do.īut homework and housework are BOTH considered uncountable.
HOMEWORK And HOUSEWORK Are Always Singular! So the parent would say, “you have to do your chores.” You need to do those things around the house that you’re responsible for, like cleaning up your room or maybe helping with the laundry. You probably don’t really enjoy them, but they need to get done.Īnd it’s also common to use this word chores you have a parent who makes their children help with these tasks. Washing dishes, sweeping the floor, cleaning the toilet, and so on. Yes – chores is another word we can use for those things that you have to do around the house. One of my students asked if the word chores means the same thing as housework. So homework is schoolwork you do at home, and housework involves maintaining your living space. We usually use housework to refer to cooking, cleaning, and laundry (washing your clothes). Housework refers to the physical tasks that are necessary to take care of your house or apartment, the place where you live. Homework is usually extra practice or an additional assignment to help you practice what you learned inside class, or take your learning further. So if you’re in class, your teacher might give you homework – maybe a worksheet, maybe a book/article to read, maybe an exercise to do or something to research – and then you do that homework outside of class, at home. Homework refers to schoolwork that you do at home. I’ll clarify that in today’s lesson, so that you can be sure to use the right word.Īnd at the end I’ll also tell you about a common mistake that English learners often make with homework and housework.
These two words seem practically identical, but they actually have separate meanings and uses. What’s the difference between homework and housework?
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