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Reported commands, negations – Exercise 2

Task no. 2329.

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Peter, "Don't clean the black shoes!" Peter told me

Peter told me not to clean the black shoes .

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Reported commands and requests in English

Karen, "Don't play football in the garden!" Karen told me .
Teacher, "Don't forget your homework!" The teacher reminded me .
Mike, "Don't shout at Peter!" Mike told me .
Yvonne, "Don't talk to your neighbour!" Yvonne told me .
Denise, "Don't open the door!" Denise told me .
Marcel, "Don't sing that song!" Marcel reminded me .
Jane, "Don't watch the new film!" Jane advised me .
Walter, "Don't ring Romy on Sunday!" Walter told me .
Lisa, "Don't fly via Paris!" Lisa advised me .
Jamie, "Don't eat so much junk food!" Jamie reminded me .
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Reported Statements

Here's how it works:

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. ( Click here for more about using 'say' and 'tell' .) If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

Direct speech: I like ice cream.
Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. (As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.)

But , if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.


present simple	I like ice cream	She said (that) she liked ice cream.
present continuous	I am living in London	She said (that) she was living in London.
past simple	I bought a car	She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.
past continuous	I was walking along the street	She said (that) she had been walking along the street.
present perfect	I haven't seen Julie	She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.
past perfect*	I had taken English lessons before	She said (that) she had taken English lessons before.
will	I'll see you later	She said (that) she would see me later.
would*	I would help, but...	She said (that) she would help but...
can	I can speak perfect English	She said (that) she could speak perfect English.
could*	I could swim when I was four	She said (that) she could swim when she was four.
shall	I shall come later	She said (that) she would come later.
should*	I should call my mother	She said (that) she should call her mother
might*	I might be late	She said (that) she might be late
must	I must study at the weekend	She said (that) she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend

* doesn't change.

Direct speech: The sky is blue.
Reported speech: She said (that) the sky is/was blue.

Click here for a mixed tense exercise about practise reported statements. Click here for a list of all the reported speech exercises.

Reported Questions

So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and negative sentences. But how about questions?

Direct speech: Where do you live?
Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
Direct speech: Where is Julie?
Reported speech: She asked me where Julie was.


Where is the Post Office, please?	She asked me where the Post Office was.
What are you doing?	She asked me what I was doing.
Who was that fantastic man?	She asked me who that fantastic man had been.

Direct speech: Do you like chocolate?
Reported speech: She asked me if I liked chocolate.


Do you love me?	He asked me if I loved him.
Have you ever been to Mexico?	She asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.
Are you living here?	She asked me if I was living here.

Click here to practise reported 'wh' questions. Click here to practise reported 'yes / no' questions. Reported Requests

There's more! What if someone asks you to do something (in a polite way)? For example:

Direct speech: Close the window, please
Or: Could you close the window please?
Or: Would you mind closing the window please?
Reported speech: She asked me to close the window.


Please help me.	She asked me to help her.
Please don't smoke.	She asked me not to smoke.
Could you bring my book tonight?	She asked me to bring her book that night.
Could you pass the milk, please?	She asked me to pass the milk.
Would you mind coming early tomorrow?	She asked me to come early the next day.

Direct speech: Please don't be late.
Reported speech: She asked us not to be late.

Reported Orders

Direct speech: Sit down!
Reported speech: She told me to sit down.


Go to bed!	He told the child to go to bed.
Don't worry!	He told her not to worry.
Be on time!	He told me to be on time.
Don't smoke!	He told us not to smoke.

Click here for an exercise to practise reported requests and orders.

now	then / at that time
today	yesterday / that day / Tuesday / the 27th of June
yesterday	the day before yesterday / the day before / Wednesday / the 5th of December
last night	the night before, Thursday night
last week	the week before / the previous week
tomorrow	today / the next day / the following day / Friday

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Click here for a list of all the reported speech exercises.

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Reported Speech

Grammar Time: Reported Speech. Exercises

When we want to report what someone said, we use indirect or reported speech. Revise the rule and have practice doing these exercises.

Exam in Mind Level B1

Task 1. change the direct speech into reported speech. choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say’ or ‘tell’:.

“Don’t do it!” – She asked not to do it.
“I’m leaving tomorrow.”
“Please get me a cup of tea.”
“She got married last year”.
“Be quick!”
“Could you explain number four, please?”
“Where do you live?”
“We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant.”
“I’ll come and help you at twelve.”
“What are you doing tomorrow?”
“Don’t go!”
“Do you work in London?”
“Could you tell me where the post office is?”
“Come here!”
“I’ve never been to Wales.”
“Have you ever seen ‘Lord of the Rings’?”
“I don’t like mushrooms.”
“Don’t be silly!”
“Would you mind waiting a moment please?”
“How often do you play sport?”
Sarah complained, “My head is aching.”
I wanted to know, “Where are you going?”
Uncle David said, “Please take off your shoes when you come in.”
Mom asked me, “Are you feeling well?”
The teacher said, “Turn the music down!”
Jasper said, “You can borrow the book for a few days.”
Johnny admitted, “I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”
The policeman ordered, “Move your car out of the way!” – The policeman ordered us …
Mary said, “I have just got back from New York.”
John explained, “I am starting work for a new company next week.
The teacher said, “Sardinia is an island that belongs to Italy.”
He asked me, “Can you come to the meeting tomorrow?”
The manager said to Cathy, “Please stand up!”
Jerry asked me,”Did you see that car over there?”
Mr Jackson said, “I wouldn’t go there if I were you.”

Task 2. Change the sentences to reported speech.

He said, ” I found the money in the garden yesterday.”
The policeman asked me , “What were you wearing last Sunday”?
The teacher explained to us, “The moon takes 28 days to go around the earth.”
Dad warned us , “Don’t touch the fresh paint!”
He wanted to know, “Will you go to the concert next week?”
Mary begged the teacher, “Please, give me another chance!”
Mother asked me, “Did he lend you the money?”
I was wondering, “Why does the earth move around the sun?”
She said, “I’m sorry but I have to go now.”
My mum complained, “I have been trying to phone you all day!”
My friend told me , “I’ll have to go to the party without you.”
Dad asked me , “Where have you been so long ?”
Jane said , “I want to tell you about my trip to New York.”
He asked us ,” Don’t make so much noise!”
Robert said, ” You can stay at my place over the weekend.”
Keith told the immigration officer, “This is my first visit to the United States.”
My friend said, “I’m going to visit my parents next month.”
The tourist guide warned us, “Don’t drink tap water in this city.”
He asked me, “Are you starting work on Monday?”
Elisabeth to her brother: “Don’t read my emails!”
Jimmy complained, “I have already written this invitation twice.”
The policeman wondered, “Why didn’t you stop at the traffic lights?”
My sister told me, “I saw you at the supermarket yesterday.”
The teacher said, “If I knew the answer, I would tell you.”
My dad said, “You have to study harder for the next test.”
The girl asked the shop assistant, “Can you shorten this dress for me?”
He asked, “Do you live near the city, James?”
The reporter asked, “Did you see the accident?”
I advised Mike, “You should see a doctor”.
The teacher told the students, “Speak up if you want to say something!”

Task 3. Change the sentences to reported speech.

Mary said, “I will play a card game tomorrow.” – Mary informed me that …
Sophie said, “I went to bed early last night.”
The teacher said to Jenny, “You have to learn your grammar.”
Jessica told the immigration officer,”This is my first trip to England.”
He told me, “You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.”
Marty said, “I’m going to visit my uncle next month.”
Lara said, “I get on with my parents really fine.”
Gloria explained, “I can’t come to the party because I’m going away for the weekend.”
Mark said, “My friend found a new job in the music business.”
Judy complained, “I have already written this essay four times.”
Peter announced, “I will not give up until this factory is shut down.”
Her boyfriend told her,” You have bought a wonderful dress.”
Paul said, “I don’t like my new flat.”
My father told Ben, “I am sure I saw you here last week.
Betty said, “If I knew the answer, I would tell you the answer.”
The landlady said to the student, “You must keep your room clean!”
Mr Simmons told Harry, “Don’t smoke in my car!”
He asked me, “Do you want to be famous?”
My dad said, “Our aunt will stay for breakfast.”
Sally said, “I can’t believe he is leaving me like this.”
He wondered, “Where did Maud work?”
Mom said, “I need to be at work early this morning.”
Maria said, “Angela had worked at this company before I came here.”
The woman complained,” The clock I bought yesterday doesn’t work.”
He asked, “Were you followed by the police?”
The chef advised us, “Cook the meat carefully.”
He promised, “I’ll return the book tomorrow.”
The teacher reminded us, “Don’t forget your homework”.
Patricia said, “My mother will celebrate her birthday next week.”
He warned me, “Don’t shout at me like that!”

Task 4. Change the sentences to reported speech.

He said, “I will be there by noon.”
The twins said, “We are five years old.”
Mum said, “You will have to get up early for the trip tomorrow.”
The teacher told her, “You speak English very well.”
The doctor said, “Your mother will recover quickly.”
My aunt said, “I am leaving early on Friday morning.”
The boy said, “I have been to Australia before.”
Herbert said, “We are going to live in Manchester.”
Jennifer said, “I have already read that book.”
Jim said, “I hope it won’t rain tomorrow.”
My mum said,” You can go shopping later.”
He said to me, “Where have you been?”
My dad said, “Go to your room at once.” – My dad ordered me …
Jimmy said, “I own a brand-new sports car.”
John said, “I am writing a new novel”.
My mother said, “Close you eye and open your hands.”
I said to the host, “Can I have another piece of cake?”
The teacher wondered, “Will she be safe if she goes alone?”
She told me, “He has never written to me before.” – She explained that …
The shop assistant asked me, “What size are your shoes?” – The shop assistant wanted to know …
The administrator warned us, “Don’t walk on the grass”.
My friend said to me, “Go to the doctor.” – My friend advised me …

Task 5. Change the sentences to reported speech.

The hotel manager said, “Dinner is served between 7 and 9.
My little brother said, “I didn’t steal the money.”
Martha said, “Let’s go to the movies.” – Martha suggested …
The headmaster said, “All students are taking part in the project.”
Jamie said, “I’ll never forget your birthday again.”
He asked me, “Can I take a photo?” – He wondered if …
Joanne asked me, “Where did you buy that dress?”
I wanted to know, “Where is the IT department?”
Denny asked me, “When are you leaving?”
Linda asked her teacher, “When will you give us the results?”
Mom asked her, “How often do you look at your phone?” – Mom wanted to know …
Ashley asked me, “Who are you going to the ball with?”
He asked me, “How many people have you invited to the party?” – He wanted to know …
John asked him, “Where should we put the new equipment?”
I asked Dad, “Are you going to the U.S.?” – I wanted to know …
Mom wanted to know, “When will you start behaving?”
The stranger asked me, “Do you speak Chinese?”
Mary wanted to know, ” What have you done with your hair?”
I asked the teacher, “Can I go to the restroom?”
Andy wanted to know, “Did your mom make the wedding dress?”
Tessa asked me, “Have you ever driven a motor scooter?”

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Reported Speech

Learn how to use reported speech in English. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is used to tell somebody else what another person said. Using reported speech in English can sometimes be difficult for non-native speakers as we (usually) change the verbs, pronouns and specific times.

Keep reading to understand how to use reported speech and download this free English lesson!

Let’s study reported speech !

Reported speech vs. direct speech.

When we want to tell somebody else what another person said, we can use either direct speech or reported speech .

When we use d irect speech, we use the same words but use quotation marks, “_”. For example:

Scott said, “I am coming to work. I will be late because there is a lot of traffic now.”

When we use r eported speech, we usually change the verbs, specific times, and pronouns. For example:

Scott said that he was coming to work. He said that he would be late because there was a lot of traffic at that time.

How do we use reported speech ?

Since reported speech is usually talking about the past, we usually change the verbs into the past. It is always necessary to change the verbs when the action has finished or is untrue.

We do not always change the verbs. When you are reporting an action that is still current or true, it is not necessary to change the verb tense. For example:

How old are you? “ I am twenty-seven years old .” She said she is twenty-seven years old.

We usually follow the rules below. When we are reporting speech, we are usually talking about the past; therefore, we change the verbs into the past.


“I eat pizza.”	He said (that) he ate pizza.
“I am eating pizza.”	He said (that) he was eating pizza.
“I will eat pizza.”	He said (that) he would eat pizza.
“I am going to eat pizza.”	He said (that) he was going to eat pizza.
When we are reporting past actions, it is not always necessary to change the verb tense. We can usually leave the verbs in the same tense and just change the pronouns. However, we sometimes need to use the to clarify the time order of events. the never changes in .
“I ate pizza.” “I ate pizza, so I am not hungry.”	He said (that) he ate pizza. He said (that) he had eaten pizza, so he wasn’t hungry.”
“I was eating pizza.” “I was eating pizza when she called.”	He said (that) he was eating pizza. He said (that) he had been eating pizza when she called.

Reporting Questions

We use a special form when we report questions:

WH-Questions:

Where is + Tom’s house ? He asked where Tom’s house + was.

Where does Tom live? He asked where Tom lived.

Yes/No Questions:

Does Tom live in Miami? She asked if Tom lived in Miami.

Is Tom happy? She asked if Tom was happy.

Say vs. Tell

Say Something

June: “I love English .”

June said (that) she loved English.

Tell Someone Something

June: “I love English.”

June told me (that) she loved English.

Modal Verbs and Reported Speech

Must, might, could, would, should , and ought to stay the same in re ported s peech . We usually change may to might .

Infinitives and Reported Speech

Infinitives stay the same in reported speech:

“ I am going to the store to buy milk.” He said he was going to the store to buy milk.

We also use infinitives when reporting orders and commands, especially when using tell .

“ Do your homework. Don’t use a dictionary!!” He told me to do to my homework and not to use a dictionary.

Reporting Suggestions

When we are reporting another speakers suggestions, we can use a special form with suggest, recommend, or propose .

SUGGEST/ RECOMMEND/PROPOSE + (*THAT) + SUBJECT PRONOUN + **V1

SUGGEST/ RECOMMEND/PROPOSE + V1 + ING

“I think you should visit Viscaya.” → He suggested we visit Viscaya. He suggested visiting Viscaya.

“Try to get there early to get good seats.” → He recommended we get there early to get good seats.

*That is often omitted in speech.

**The verb is always in the base form. We do not use third person.

Reporting Statements

A reported statement begins with an introductory clause and is followed by the ‘information’ clause. The speaker may choose different words, but the meaning remains unchanged. Some formal words to introduce a reported statement or response are: declared, stated, informed, responded, replied, etc.

“I don’t agree with these new rules. I am not going to accept this change!” → He declared that he was in disagreement with the new rules and stated that he would not accept the changes.

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Reported Speech ~ Exercises and Practice

A. Change each direct speech example into the reported speech . The first one has been done for you.

Michelle said, “I love my Chihuahua, Daisy.”

Michelle said that she loved her Chihuahua, Daisy.

2. Republicans said, “We don’t support Obama’s plan to raise taxes.”

__________________________________________________________.

3.With her mouth full, Sarah said, “I am eating mashed potatoes.”

4. John Lee said, “This year, I will not pay my taxes.”

5. Lebron said, “I am going to win the championship next year.”

6. Patty said, “I can’t stomach another hamburger. I ate one yesterday.”

B. Rewrite the sentences/questions below using reported / indirect speech . Always change the tense, even though it is not always necessary. You can use ‘said’, ‘told me’ , or ‘asked’ .

1. Sarah: “I am in the shower right now.”

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2. John: “I dropped my son off at school this morning.”

3. Samuel: “I am going to the beach with my sister this afternoon.”

4. John: “Jessica will call you later.”

5. The girls: “Who does John live with?”

6. Our classmate: “Did we have any homework last night?”

7. Sarah: “I am moving to Tokyo because I want to learn Japanese.”

8. John: “Why do you have an umbrella?”

9. The students: “Our teacher can’t find her books anywhere.”

10. Sarah and Jillian: “Is John British?”

11. Steve: “I’m going to the beach so that I can play volleyball.”

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12. Ann: “Where is the bathroom?”

13. My parents: “What are you going to do with your life?”

14. Sarah: “I ate breakfast before I came to school.”

C. Your friend Megan is very nosy (she always wants to know what’s going on) so she constantly asks questions about your life and the lives of your friends. Rewrite her questions using the reported questions form. The first one has been done for you .

1. Why do you date Ryan?

She asked me why I dated Ryan.

2. How much money do you make at your new job?

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3. Does Ryan think I’m pretty?

4. Where is your favorite restaurant?

5. Do I look good in these jeans?

6. Can I borrow some twenty bucks?

D. Your American grandfather is telling you about how things used to be. Using the reported speech , tell your friends what he said.

“In the 1930s, people were very poor. They ate watery soup and hard bread. Many people lost their jobs. To make matters worse, a horrible drought ruined most of the farmland in the American midwest. People went to California to look for a better life. They picked strawberries in the hot California sun.”

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Exercise on Reported Speech

Exercise 1 – requests (positive).

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some sentences.

"Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said. → The teacher told Joe
"Be patient," she said to him. → She told him
"Go to your room," her father said to her. → Her father told her
"Hurry up," she said to us. → She told us
"Give me the key," he told her. → He asked her
"Play it again, Sam," she said. → She asked Sam
"Sit down, Caron" he said. → He asked Caron
"Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said. → The receptionist asked the guest
"Take off your shoes," she told us. → She told us
"Mind your own business," she told him. → She told him

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Finish the sentences using Reported speech. change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "I cleaned the black shoes yesterday."
Peter told me that _________________________________

Answer: Peter told me that .

1) Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow." Emily said that
2) Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday." Helen told me that
3) Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year." Robert told me that
4) Lisa: "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago." Lisa said that
5) Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend." Patricia said that
6) Michael: "I am going to read a book this week." Michael said to me that
7) Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow." Jason and Victoria told me that
8) Andrew: "We didn't eat fish two days ago." Andrew remarked that
9) Alice: "I spent all my pocket money on Monday." Alice complained that
10) David: "John had already gone at six." David said that

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "Clean the black shoes!"
Peter told me _________________________

Answer: Peter told me .

1) Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!" Andrew told me
2) Jessica: "Write a text message!" Jessica told me
3) Nelly: "Help Peter's sister!" Nelly told me
4) Fred: "Wash your hands!" Fred told me
5) Anna: "Open the window!" Anna told me
6) Tom: "Come at 8!" Tom told me
7) Teacher: "Do your homework!" The teacher told me
8) Doris: "Dance with me!" Doris told me
9) Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station!" Sabine told me
10) Victoria: "Check your e-mails!" Victoria told me

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "Don't clean the black shoes!"
Peter told me _________________________

Answer: Peter told me .

1) Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!" Karen told me
2) Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!" The teacher reminded me
3) Mike: "Don't shout at Peter!" Mike told me
4) Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour!" Yvonne told me
5) Denise: "Don't open the door!" Denise told me
6) Marcel: "Don't sing that song!" Marcel reminded me
7) Jane: "Don't watch the new film!" Jane advised me
8) Walter: "Don't ring Romy on Sunday!" Walter told me
9) Lisa: "Don't fly via Paris!" Lisa advised me
10) Jamie: "Don't eat so much junk food!" Jamie reminded me

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?"
Peter asked me _________________________________________

Answer: Peter asked me .

1) Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?" Yesterday Mandy asked me
2) Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?" Yesterday Jason wanted to know
3) Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?" Yesterday Robert asked me
4) Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?" Yesterday Daniel asked me
5) Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?" Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know
6) Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?" Yesterday Nancy wanted to know
7) Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?" Yesterday Barbara asked me
8) Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?" Yesterday Linda wanted to know
9) Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?" Yesterday Grandmother asked me
10) A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?" Yesterday a man asked me

Let’s practise the other introductory verbs. The verbs are given. Rewrite the following commands / requests / suggestions into reported speech in the past.

1) “Let’s go to the disco.” Tom – suggest

2) “Give me roasted meat with rice.” Mr Knight – order – the waiter

3) “Come on, Danny, write down your novel.” Angie - encourage

4) “Don’t meet these criminals, please!” Mum – beg - Allan

5) “Give me the salt, please” Brad - ask - Patrick

6) “Don’t touch this wire!” The electrician – warn – the children

7) “Remember to put the soup into the fridge.” Dad – remind - mum

8) “Take the second street on the right.” The officer – advise – the tourist

9) “Punish the wrong behaviour in the class.” Mr Hart - agree

10) “Tidy your room.” Mrs Taylor - tell – Susan

Ïadvise	Ï order
Ï agree	Ï remind
Ï ask	Ï suggest
Ï beg	Ï tell
Ï encourage	Ï warn

1) “Have your eyes tested.” The teacher to Liam

2) “Draw up the car immediately.” Captain Kingsley to the corporal

3) “Don’t let him do this crazy trick, please.” Don to Jim

4) “Hold my umbrella for a moment, please.” Mrs Marks to Mr Farley

5) “Give an award to the best student.” Mrs Simons

6) “Take the children to the museum.” Dad to mum

7) “Come on, girls, let’s show our courage.” The teacher

8) “Don’t sit on that fresh painted bench.” The park-keeper to Julian

9) “Don’t forget to post the letter to grandma.” Trina to Kevin

10) “Find a better place to play.” Mr Glum to the children

Use the following reporting verbs to report the following sentences:

advised, claimed, promised, refused, suggested

"I won't tell you where I've hidden it"

"Why don´t you go to Greece? It's beautiful"

"I won't lose it, I will bring it back tomorrow"

"It wasn't me. It was Pete!"

"You should report it to the police"

Told Said Advised Warned Suggested Asked Offered Ordered

1. "I'd go and see a doctor if I were you," Julie said to me. Julie me to go and see a doctor.

2. "Can you come and help me with this box?" John me to help him with the box.

3. "This is an exam Mr. Jenkins!! Shut up now!!!" The headmaster Mr. Jenkins to shut up.

4. "That road is very dangerous so just be very careful!" His mother him that the road was very dangerous and to be careful.

5. "Liverpool won the match last night." The journalist that Liverpool had won the match the previous night.

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How to Excuse Yourself from Unfinished Homework

Last Updated: June 24, 2024

This article was co-authored by Alicia Oglesby . Alicia Oglesby is a Professional School Counselor and the Director of School and College Counseling at Bishop McNamara High School outside of Washington DC. With over ten years of experience in counseling, Alicia specializes in academic advising, social-emotional skills, and career counseling. Alicia holds a BS in Psychology from Howard University and a Master’s in Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology from Chestnut Hill College. She also studied Race and Mental Health at Virginia Tech. Alicia holds Professional School Counseling Certifications in both Washington DC and Pennsylvania. She has created a college counseling program in its entirety and developed five programs focused on application workshops, parent information workshops, essay writing collaborative, peer-reviewed application activities, and financial aid literacy events. This article has been viewed 893,114 times.

Ideally, you will always be ready for class and have your homework completed. Sometimes, however, life gets in the way and you aren’t prepared. There are several methods for developing an excuse to give your teacher for why you don’t have your homework ready, ranging from honest to deceptive.

Inventing an Elaborate Excuse

Step 1 Make invented excuses sound as plausible as possible.

Crumple and tear a paper assignment. Then you can tell the teacher that it flew out the window and got run over or trampled on.
Smear dirt and water on your assignment and claim it fell in a puddle. Make sure to write a few words (bonus points if it relates to the homework assignment) so that it looks believable.
Spill something dark (like juice or ink) on the assignment so that it is illegible.

Step 3 Make an excuse based on technological malfunctions.

For instance, if you have to save work to a USB drive, you can claim to have a problem with the file.
If you are asked to email or otherwise electronically send a homework file, you can “accidentally” send a different assignment, or the “wrong” draft (which could have just your name and the first part of the assignment, for instance). You might even be able to purchase corrupted files.
Be aware that your teachers can be tech-savvy and know all of these tricks, so you might have to get creative. [2] X Research source

Step 4 Try a less inventive excuses that might still work, like:

Buying Time and Stretching the Truth

Step 1 Make it seem like you did the work on time, even if you didn't.

If the missed homework is for a class late in the day, you might be able to do the work before school, during another class, or during lunch or a break.
You can hand in the wrong assignment—such as one from another class—or an old one from the same class. By the time your teacher notices the mistake, you will be able to complete the real homework, or just turn it in the next day and say you are sorry about the mix-up.
Copy answers from a friend so you have something to turn in. Make sure your friend is ok with helping. This also only works for assignments where it is expected that students will have the same or similar answers. In some schools, even copying something like homework can merit a suspension. Remember to evaluate the situation and make a good decision as to whether or not you will copy homework off of a peer.

A dangerous move, you can forge a note from a parent explaining why you couldn't do your homework.
If you decide to forge one, be warned that your teacher might know it’s a fake. If you are caught, you face punishment from both your parents and teacher.

Telling the Truth

You might say something like "I am really sorry, but I got behind on things and wasn't able to finish my homework. Could I be excused just this once? I'll turn it in tomorrow and I won't be late again."
Keep things simple and direct, rather than annoying your teacher with long, rambling excuses.

Step 2 Take responsibility for your lack of preparation.

This means saying something like: "I know there's no excuse, and I accept full responsibility. I should have done my work. I'm sorry that I'm not prepared, and it won't happen again."
Doing so will display maturity and your teacher might respect your honesty.

Step 3 Think of legitimate reasons why you could not do the work.

Perhaps you are overworked and stressed (this is especially persuasive at exam time).
If circumstances beyond your control, like an illness or death in the family, have prevented you from doing your work, say so.
You can also explain that you didn’t understand the assignment, or struggled with it, or felt rushed, and needed to give it more time.

Step 4 Remember that your teacher is busy, too.

Your teacher is more likely to accept the excuse if you don’t spring it on him or her at the last minute.
You might also be able to ask for an extension so that you can turn the homework in later.
Know your teacher’s personality, and how flexible and forgiving he or she is. When you talk to your teacher, look sad, serious, agitated, etc. depending on your excuse.

Community Q&A

The best approach is to try to do your work on time rather than be tempted by an excuse. Don’t attempt to make excuses too often. This way, when you actually need to use one, your teacher is more likely to accept it. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
Turn in your work, even if you have to make an excuse and submit it late. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
If you are able to do any of your homework, even a small amount or poor quality work, consider turning it in anyway. Having something prepared can be better than having nothing, and sometimes teachers will give you partial credit for partial work. You can also explain to your teacher that you would like to do a better job and turn it in later, if you want. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

Be prepared to face the consequences if you get caught for using a deceptive excuse. Talk to your teacher in a mature way, explaining that you have a problem with procrastination, or feel overworked, or struggled with the assignment, etc. Thanks Helpful 54 Not Helpful 8
Try not to lie, a bad conscious can easily come from repetitive lying. Thanks Helpful 44 Not Helpful 11
If you get caught lying, it may lead to severe consequences with your teacher and parent/guardian. Thanks Helpful 25 Not Helpful 8

↑ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/30/british-lecturer-compiles-best-student-excuses
↑ https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/the-computer-ate-my-homework-how-to-detect-fake-techno-excuses-2

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To excuse yourself from unfinished homework, try to make your excuse as believable as possible, like saying you were sick last night. If your homework was on a computer, claim your laptop crashed or your files were corrupted. Another thing you can try is handing in an old assignment. Then, do your actual homework before your teacher realizes. When they ask you about it, say that you accidentally handed in the wrong homework, and then give them the homework that was actually due. Even if you think you have a good excuse, your teacher’s probably heard it a dozen times before, so consider being honest with them and apologizing for falling behind. For example, say, “I’m sorry, but I wasn’t able to finish my homework this week. I had a lot of things to deal with. Is it okay if I turn it in tomorrow?” If you decide to be honest, try to tell your teacher at the beginning of class or even earlier in the day, which will make your excuse more realistic. For more tips, including how to pretend you lost your homework, read on! Did this summary help you? Yes No

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How to Help with Homework: Talk with Teachers to Resolve Problems

On this page, tell the teacher about your concerns, work with the teacher.

This article answers common questions that parents, family members, and caregivers often ask about homework. The booklet also includes practical ideas for helping children to complete homework assignments successfully. See the complete guide for more ideas!

These tips were originally published in the U.S. Department of Education's guide, Helping Your Child with Homework .

You may want to contact the teacher if:

your child refuses to do her assignments, even though you’ve tried hard to get her to do them
the instructions are unclear
you can’t seem to help your child get organized to finish the assignments
you can’t provide needed supplies or materials
neither you nor your child can understand the purpose of the assignments
the assignments are too hard or too easy
the homework is assigned in uneven amounts—for instance, no homework is given on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, but on Thursday four assignments are made that are due the next day
your child has missed school and needs to make up assignments.

In some cases, the school guidance counselor or principal also may be helpful in resolving problems.

Continuing communication with teachers is very important in solving homework problems. As you work with your child’s teacher, here are some important things to remember:

Ask the teacher, school guidance counselor or principal if there are mentor programs in your community. Mentor programs pair a child with an adult volunteer who assists with the child’s special needs. Many schools, universities, community organizations, churches and businesses offer excellent mentoring programs.

Talk with each of your child’s teachers early in the school year. Get acquainted before problems arise and let each teacher know that you want to be kept informed. Most elementary and middle schools hold regular parent-teacher conferences or open houses. If your child’s school doesn’t provide such opportunities, call the teacher to set up a meeting.
Contact the teacher as soon as you suspect your child has a homework problem. (Also, when you think he’s having any major problems with his schoolwork). Schools have a responsibility to keep you informed about your child’s performance and behavior and you have a right to be upset if you don’t find out until report-card time that your child is having difficulties. On the other hand, you may figure out that a problem exists before the teacher does. By alerting the teacher, you can work together to solve a problem in its early stages.
Request a meeting with the teacher to discuss homework problems. Tell him briefly why you want to meet. You might say, “Rachel is having trouble with her math homework. I’m worried about why she can’t finish the problems and what we might do to help her.” If English is your second language, you may need to make special arrangements, such as including in the meeting someone who is bilingual. Approach the teacher with a cooperative spirit. Believe that the teacher wants to help you and your child, even if you disagree about something. Don’t go to the principal without giving the teacher a chance to work out the problem with you and your child.
They offer students options for different approaches to the same topic or lesson.
They give extra assignments to students who want more challenge.
They give specialized assignments to students who are having trouble in a particular area.
During your meeting with the teacher, explain what you think is going on. In addition, tell the teacher if you don’t know what the problem is. Sometimes a student’s version of what’s going on isn’t the same as the teacher’s version. For example, your child may tell you that the teacher never explains assignments so that he can understand them. But the teacher may tell you that your child isn’t paying attention when assignments are given.
Is the homework often too hard? Maybe your child has fallen behind and will need extra help from the teacher or a tutor to catch up.
Does your child need to make up a lot of work because of absences? The first step might be working out a schedule with the teacher.
Does your child need extra support beyond what home and school can give her?
Make sure that communication is clear. Listen to the teacher and don’t leave until you’re sure that you understand what’s being said. Make sure, too, that the teacher understands what you have to say. If, after the meeting, you realize you don’t understand something, call the teacher to clarify. At the end of the meeting, it may help to summarize what you’ve agreed to do: “OK, so to keep track of Kim’s assignments, I’ll check her assignment book each night and write my initials beside new assignments. Each day you’ll check to make sure she’s written down all new assignments in her book. That way we’ll be certain that I know what her assignments are.”
Follow up to make sure that the approach you agreed to is working. If the teacher told you, for example, that your child needs to spend more time practicing long division, check back in a month to talk about your child’s progress.

Homework can bring together children, families and teachers in a common effort to improve children’s learning. Helping your child with homework is an opportunity to improve your child’s chances of doing well in school and life. By helping your child with homework, you can help him learn important lessons about discipline and responsibility. You can open up lines of communication—between you and your child and you and the school. You are in a unique position to help your child make connections between school work and the “real world,” and thereby bring meaning (and some enjoyment) to your child’s homework experience.

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Does Homework Really Help Students Learn?

A conversation with a Wheelock researcher, a BU student, and a fourth-grade teacher

“Quality homework is engaging and relevant to kids’ lives,” says Wheelock’s Janine Bempechat. “It gives them autonomy and engages them in the community and with their families. In some subjects, like math, worksheets can be very helpful. It has to do with the value of practicing over and over.” Photo by iStock/Glenn Cook Photography

Do your homework.

If only it were that simple.

Educators have debated the merits of homework since the late 19th century. In recent years, amid concerns of some parents and teachers that children are being stressed out by too much homework, things have only gotten more fraught.

“Homework is complicated,” says developmental psychologist Janine Bempechat, a Wheelock College of Education & Human Development clinical professor. The author of the essay “ The Case for (Quality) Homework—Why It Improves Learning and How Parents Can Help ” in the winter 2019 issue of Education Next , Bempechat has studied how the debate about homework is influencing teacher preparation, parent and student beliefs about learning, and school policies.

She worries especially about socioeconomically disadvantaged students from low-performing schools who, according to research by Bempechat and others, get little or no homework.

BU Today sat down with Bempechat and Erin Bruce (Wheelock’17,’18), a new fourth-grade teacher at a suburban Boston school, and future teacher freshman Emma Ardizzone (Wheelock) to talk about what quality homework looks like, how it can help children learn, and how schools can equip teachers to design it, evaluate it, and facilitate parents’ role in it.

BU Today: Parents and educators who are against homework in elementary school say there is no research definitively linking it to academic performance for kids in the early grades. You’ve said that they’re missing the point.

Bempechat : I think teachers assign homework in elementary school as a way to help kids develop skills they’ll need when they’re older—to begin to instill a sense of responsibility and to learn planning and organizational skills. That’s what I think is the greatest value of homework—in cultivating beliefs about learning and skills associated with academic success. If we greatly reduce or eliminate homework in elementary school, we deprive kids and parents of opportunities to instill these important learning habits and skills.

We do know that beginning in late middle school, and continuing through high school, there is a strong and positive correlation between homework completion and academic success.

That’s what I think is the greatest value of homework—in cultivating beliefs about learning and skills associated with academic success.

You talk about the importance of quality homework. What is that?

Quality homework is engaging and relevant to kids’ lives. It gives them autonomy and engages them in the community and with their families. In some subjects, like math, worksheets can be very helpful. It has to do with the value of practicing over and over.

What are your concerns about homework and low-income children?

The argument that some people make—that homework “punishes the poor” because lower-income parents may not be as well-equipped as affluent parents to help their children with homework—is very troubling to me. There are no parents who don’t care about their children’s learning. Parents don’t actually have to help with homework completion in order for kids to do well. They can help in other ways—by helping children organize a study space, providing snacks, being there as a support, helping children work in groups with siblings or friends.

Isn’t the discussion about getting rid of homework happening mostly in affluent communities?

Yes, and the stories we hear of kids being stressed out from too much homework—four or five hours of homework a night—are real. That’s problematic for physical and mental health and overall well-being. But the research shows that higher-income students get a lot more homework than lower-income kids.

Teachers may not have as high expectations for lower-income children. Schools should bear responsibility for providing supports for kids to be able to get their homework done—after-school clubs, community support, peer group support. It does kids a disservice when our expectations are lower for them.

The conversation around homework is to some extent a social class and social justice issue. If we eliminate homework for all children because affluent children have too much, we’re really doing a disservice to low-income children. They need the challenge, and every student can rise to the challenge with enough supports in place.

What did you learn by studying how education schools are preparing future teachers to handle homework?

My colleague, Margarita Jimenez-Silva, at the University of California, Davis, School of Education, and I interviewed faculty members at education schools, as well as supervising teachers, to find out how students are being prepared. And it seemed that they weren’t. There didn’t seem to be any readings on the research, or conversations on what high-quality homework is and how to design it.

Erin, what kind of training did you get in handling homework?

Bruce : I had phenomenal professors at Wheelock, but homework just didn’t come up. I did lots of student teaching. I’ve been in classrooms where the teachers didn’t assign any homework, and I’ve been in rooms where they assigned hours of homework a night. But I never even considered homework as something that was my decision. I just thought it was something I’d pull out of a book and it’d be done.

I started giving homework on the first night of school this year. My first assignment was to go home and draw a picture of the room where you do your homework. I want to know if it’s at a table and if there are chairs around it and if mom’s cooking dinner while you’re doing homework.

The second night I asked them to talk to a grown-up about how are you going to be able to get your homework done during the week. The kids really enjoyed it. There’s a running joke that I’m teaching life skills.

Friday nights, I read all my kids’ responses to me on their homework from the week and it’s wonderful. They pour their hearts out. It’s like we’re having a conversation on my couch Friday night.

It matters to know that the teacher cares about you and that what you think matters to the teacher. Homework is a vehicle to connect home and school…for parents to know teachers are welcoming to them and their families.

Bempechat : I can’t imagine that most new teachers would have the intuition Erin had in designing homework the way she did.

Ardizzone : Conversations with kids about homework, feeling you’re being listened to—that’s such a big part of wanting to do homework….I grew up in Westchester County. It was a pretty demanding school district. My junior year English teacher—I loved her—she would give us feedback, have meetings with all of us. She’d say, “If you have any questions, if you have anything you want to talk about, you can talk to me, here are my office hours.” It felt like she actually cared.

Bempechat : It matters to know that the teacher cares about you and that what you think matters to the teacher. Homework is a vehicle to connect home and school…for parents to know teachers are welcoming to them and their families.

Ardizzone : But can’t it lead to parents being overbearing and too involved in their children’s lives as students?

Bempechat : There’s good help and there’s bad help. The bad help is what you’re describing—when parents hover inappropriately, when they micromanage, when they see their children confused and struggling and tell them what to do.

Good help is when parents recognize there’s a struggle going on and instead ask informative questions: “Where do you think you went wrong?” They give hints, or pointers, rather than saying, “You missed this,” or “You didn’t read that.”

Bruce : I hope something comes of this. I hope BU or Wheelock can think of some way to make this a more pressing issue. As a first-year teacher, it was not something I even thought about on the first day of school—until a kid raised his hand and said, “Do we have homework?” It would have been wonderful if I’d had a plan from day one.

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Insightful! The values about homework in elementary schools are well aligned with my intuition as a parent.

when i finish my work i do my homework and i sometimes forget what to do because i did not get enough sleep

same omg it does not help me it is stressful and if I have it in more than one class I hate it.

Same I think my parent wants to help me but, she doesn’t care if I get bad grades so I just try my best and my grades are great.

I think that last question about Good help from parents is not know to all parents, we do as our parents did or how we best think it can be done, so maybe coaching parents or giving them resources on how to help with homework would be very beneficial for the parent on how to help and for the teacher to have consistency and improve homework results, and of course for the child. I do see how homework helps reaffirm the knowledge obtained in the classroom, I also have the ability to see progress and it is a time I share with my kids

The answer to the headline question is a no-brainer – a more pressing problem is why there is a difference in how students from different cultures succeed. Perfect example is the student population at BU – why is there a majority population of Asian students and only about 3% black students at BU? In fact at some universities there are law suits by Asians to stop discrimination and quotas against admitting Asian students because the real truth is that as a group they are demonstrating better qualifications for admittance, while at the same time there are quotas and reduced requirements for black students to boost their portion of the student population because as a group they do more poorly in meeting admissions standards – and it is not about the Benjamins. The real problem is that in our PC society no one has the gazuntas to explore this issue as it may reveal that all people are not created equal after all. Or is it just environmental cultural differences??????

I get you have a concern about the issue but that is not even what the point of this article is about. If you have an issue please take this to the site we have and only post your opinion about the actual topic

This is not at all what the article is talking about.

This literally has nothing to do with the article brought up. You should really take your opinions somewhere else before you speak about something that doesn’t make sense.

we have the same name

so they have the same name what of it?

lol you tell her

totally agree

What does that have to do with homework, that is not what the article talks about AT ALL.

Yes, I think homework plays an important role in the development of student life. Through homework, students have to face challenges on a daily basis and they try to solve them quickly.I am an intense online tutor at 24x7homeworkhelp and I give homework to my students at that level in which they handle it easily.

More than two-thirds of students said they used alcohol and drugs, primarily marijuana, to cope with stress.

You know what’s funny? I got this assignment to write an argument for homework about homework and this article was really helpful and understandable, and I also agree with this article’s point of view.

I also got the same task as you! I was looking for some good resources and I found this! I really found this article useful and easy to understand, just like you! ^^

i think that homework is the best thing that a child can have on the school because it help them with their thinking and memory.

I am a child myself and i think homework is a terrific pass time because i can’t play video games during the week. It also helps me set goals.

Homework is not harmful ,but it will if there is too much

I feel like, from a minors point of view that we shouldn’t get homework. Not only is the homework stressful, but it takes us away from relaxing and being social. For example, me and my friends was supposed to hang at the mall last week but we had to postpone it since we all had some sort of work to do. Our minds shouldn’t be focused on finishing an assignment that in realty, doesn’t matter. I completely understand that we should have homework. I have to write a paper on the unimportance of homework so thanks.

homework isn’t that bad

Are you a student? if not then i don’t really think you know how much and how severe todays homework really is

i am a student and i do not enjoy homework because i practice my sport 4 out of the five days we have school for 4 hours and that’s not even counting the commute time or the fact i still have to shower and eat dinner when i get home. its draining!

i totally agree with you. these people are such boomers

why just why

they do make a really good point, i think that there should be a limit though. hours and hours of homework can be really stressful, and the extra work isn’t making a difference to our learning, but i do believe homework should be optional and extra credit. that would make it for students to not have the leaning stress of a assignment and if you have a low grade you you can catch up.

Studies show that homework improves student achievement in terms of improved grades, test results, and the likelihood to attend college. Research published in the High School Journal indicates that students who spent between 31 and 90 minutes each day on homework “scored about 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than their peers, who reported spending no time on homework each day, on average.” On both standardized tests and grades, students in classes that were assigned homework outperformed 69% of students who didn’t have homework. A majority of studies on homework’s impact – 64% in one meta-study and 72% in another – showed that take home assignments were effective at improving academic achievement. Research by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) concluded that increased homework led to better GPAs and higher probability of college attendance for high school boys. In fact, boys who attended college did more than three hours of additional homework per week in high school.

So how are your measuring student achievement? That’s the real question. The argument that doing homework is simply a tool for teaching responsibility isn’t enough for me. We can teach responsibility in a number of ways. Also the poor argument that parents don’t need to help with homework, and that students can do it on their own, is wishful thinking at best. It completely ignores neurodiverse students. Students in poverty aren’t magically going to find a space to do homework, a friend’s or siblings to help them do it, and snacks to eat. I feel like the author of this piece has never set foot in a classroom of students.

THIS. This article is pathetic coming from a university. So intellectually dishonest, refusing to address the havoc of capitalism and poverty plays on academic success in life. How can they in one sentence use poor kids in an argument and never once address that poor children have access to damn near 0 of the resources affluent kids have? Draw me a picture and let’s talk about feelings lmao what a joke is that gonna put food in their belly so they can have the calories to burn in order to use their brain to study? What about quiet their 7 other siblings that they share a single bedroom with for hours? Is it gonna force the single mom to magically be at home and at work at the same time to cook food while you study and be there to throw an encouraging word?

Also the “parents don’t need to be a parent and be able to guide their kid at all academically they just need to exist in the next room” is wild. Its one thing if a parent straight up is not equipped but to say kids can just figured it out is…. wow coming from an educator What’s next the teacher doesn’t need to teach cause the kid can just follow the packet and figure it out?

Well then get a tutor right? Oh wait you are poor only affluent kids can afford a tutor for their hours of homework a day were they on average have none of the worries a poor child does. Does this address that poor children are more likely to also suffer abuse and mental illness? Like mentioned what about kids that can’t learn or comprehend the forced standardized way? Just let em fail? These children regularly are not in “special education”(some of those are a joke in their own and full of neglect and abuse) programs cause most aren’t even acknowledged as having disabilities or disorders.

But yes all and all those pesky poor kids just aren’t being worked hard enough lol pretty sure poor children’s existence just in childhood is more work, stress, and responsibility alone than an affluent child’s entire life cycle. Love they never once talked about the quality of education in the classroom being so bad between the poor and affluent it can qualify as segregation, just basically blamed poor people for being lazy, good job capitalism for failing us once again!

why the hell?

you should feel bad for saying this, this article can be helpful for people who has to write a essay about it

This is more of a political rant than it is about homework

I know a teacher who has told his students their homework is to find something they are interested in, pursue it and then come share what they learn. The student responses are quite compelling. One girl taught herself German so she could talk to her grandfather. One boy did a research project on Nelson Mandela because the teacher had mentioned him in class. Another boy, a both on the autism spectrum, fixed his family’s computer. The list goes on. This is fourth grade. I think students are highly motivated to learn, when we step aside and encourage them.

The whole point of homework is to give the students a chance to use the material that they have been presented with in class. If they never have the opportunity to use that information, and discover that it is actually useful, it will be in one ear and out the other. As a science teacher, it is critical that the students are challenged to use the material they have been presented with, which gives them the opportunity to actually think about it rather than regurgitate “facts”. Well designed homework forces the student to think conceptually, as opposed to regurgitation, which is never a pretty sight

Wonderful discussion. and yes, homework helps in learning and building skills in students.

not true it just causes kids to stress

Homework can be both beneficial and unuseful, if you will. There are students who are gifted in all subjects in school and ones with disabilities. Why should the students who are gifted get the lucky break, whereas the people who have disabilities suffer? The people who were born with this “gift” go through school with ease whereas people with disabilities struggle with the work given to them. I speak from experience because I am one of those students: the ones with disabilities. Homework doesn’t benefit “us”, it only tears us down and put us in an abyss of confusion and stress and hopelessness because we can’t learn as fast as others. Or we can’t handle the amount of work given whereas the gifted students go through it with ease. It just brings us down and makes us feel lost; because no mater what, it feels like we are destined to fail. It feels like we weren’t “cut out” for success.

homework does help

here is the thing though, if a child is shoved in the face with a whole ton of homework that isn’t really even considered homework it is assignments, it’s not helpful. the teacher should make homework more of a fun learning experience rather than something that is dreaded

This article was wonderful, I am going to ask my teachers about extra, or at all giving homework.

I agree. Especially when you have homework before an exam. Which is distasteful as you’ll need that time to study. It doesn’t make any sense, nor does us doing homework really matters as It’s just facts thrown at us.

Homework is too severe and is just too much for students, schools need to decrease the amount of homework. When teachers assign homework they forget that the students have other classes that give them the same amount of homework each day. Students need to work on social skills and life skills.

I disagree.

Beyond achievement, proponents of homework argue that it can have many other beneficial effects. They claim it can help students develop good study habits so they are ready to grow as their cognitive capacities mature. It can help students recognize that learning can occur at home as well as at school. Homework can foster independent learning and responsible character traits. And it can give parents an opportunity to see what’s going on at school and let them express positive attitudes toward achievement.

Homework is helpful because homework helps us by teaching us how to learn a specific topic.

As a student myself, I can say that I have almost never gotten the full 9 hours of recommended sleep time, because of homework. (Now I’m writing an essay on it in the middle of the night D=)

I am a 10 year old kid doing a report about “Is homework good or bad” for homework before i was going to do homework is bad but the sources from this site changed my mind!

Homeowkr is god for stusenrs

I agree with hunter because homework can be so stressful especially with this whole covid thing no one has time for homework and every one just wants to get back to there normal lives it is especially stressful when you go on a 2 week vaca 3 weeks into the new school year and and then less then a week after you come back from the vaca you are out for over a month because of covid and you have no way to get the assignment done and turned in

As great as homework is said to be in the is article, I feel like the viewpoint of the students was left out. Every where I go on the internet researching about this topic it almost always has interviews from teachers, professors, and the like. However isn’t that a little biased? Of course teachers are going to be for homework, they’re not the ones that have to stay up past midnight completing the homework from not just one class, but all of them. I just feel like this site is one-sided and you should include what the students of today think of spending four hours every night completing 6-8 classes worth of work.

Are we talking about homework or practice? Those are two very different things and can result in different outcomes.

Homework is a graded assignment. I do not know of research showing the benefits of graded assignments going home.

Practice; however, can be extremely beneficial, especially if there is some sort of feedback (not a grade but feedback). That feedback can come from the teacher, another student or even an automated grading program.

As a former band director, I assigned daily practice. I never once thought it would be appropriate for me to require the students to turn in a recording of their practice for me to grade. Instead, I had in-class assignments/assessments that were graded and directly related to the practice assigned.

I would really like to read articles on “homework” that truly distinguish between the two.

oof i feel bad good luck!

thank you guys for the artical because I have to finish an assingment. yes i did cite it but just thanks

thx for the article guys.

Homework is good

I think homework is helpful AND harmful. Sometimes u can’t get sleep bc of homework but it helps u practice for school too so idk.

I agree with this Article. And does anyone know when this was published. I would like to know.

It was published FEb 19, 2019.

Studies have shown that homework improved student achievement in terms of improved grades, test results, and the likelihood to attend college.

i think homework can help kids but at the same time not help kids

This article is so out of touch with majority of homes it would be laughable if it wasn’t so incredibly sad.

There is no value to homework all it does is add stress to already stressed homes. Parents or adults magically having the time or energy to shepherd kids through homework is dome sort of 1950’s fantasy.

What lala land do these teachers live in?

Homework gives noting to the kid

Homework is Bad

homework is bad.

why do kids even have homework?

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'There's only so far I can take them': Why teachers give up on struggling students who don't do their homework

by Jessica Calarco and Ilana Horn, The Conversation

Whenever "Gina," a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.

"I help her a lot with homework," Gina's mother, a married, mid-level manager for a health care company, explained to us during an interview for a study we did about how teachers view students who complete their homework versus those who do not.

"I try to maybe re-explain things, like, things she might not understand," Gina's mom continued. "Like, if she's struggling, I try to teach her a different way. I understand that Gina is a very visual child but also needs to hear things, too. I know that when I'm reading it, and I'm writing it, and I'm saying it to her, she comprehends it better."

One of us is a sociologist who looks at how schools favor middle-class families . The other is a math education professor who examines how math teachers perceive their students based on their work.

We were curious about how teachers reward students who complete their homework and penalize and criticize those who don't—and whether there was any link between those things and family income .

By analyzing student report cards and interviewing teachers, students and parents, we found that teachers gave good grades for homework effort and other rewards to students from middle-class families like Gina, who happen to have college-educated parents who take an active role in helping their children complete their homework.

But when it comes to students such as "Jesse," who attends the same school as Gina and is the child of a poor, single mother of two, we found that teachers had a more bleak outlook.

The names "Jesse" and "Gina" are pseudonyms to protect the children's identities. Jesse can't count on his mom to help with his homework because she struggled in school herself.

"I had many difficulties in school," Jesse's mom told us for the same study. "I had behavior issues, attention-deficit. And so after seventh grade, they sent me to an alternative high school, which I thought was the worst thing in the world. We literally did, like, first and second grade work. So my education was horrible."

Jesse's mother admitted she still can't figure out division to this day.

"[My son will] ask me a question, and I'll go look at it and it's like algebra, in fifth grade. And I'm like: 'What's this?'" Jesse's mom said. "So it's really hard. Sometimes you just feel stupid. Because he's in fifth grade. And I'm like, I should be able to help my son with his homework in fifth grade."

Unlike Gina's parents, who are married and own their own home in a middle-class neighborhood, Jesse's mom isn't married and rents a place in a mobile home community. She had Jesse when she was a teenager and was raising Jesse and his brother mostly on her own, though with some help from her parents. Her son is eligible for free lunch.

An issue of equity

As a matter of fairness, we think teachers should take these kinds of economic and social disparities into account in how they teach and grade students. But what we found in the schools we observed is that they usually don't, and instead they seemed to accept inequality as destiny. Consider, for instance, what a fourth grade teacher—one of 22 teachers we interviewed and observed during the study—told us about students and homework.

"I feel like there's a pocket here—a lower income pocket," one teacher said. "And that trickles down to less support at home, homework not being done, stuff not being returned and signed. It should be almost 50-50 between home and school. If they don't have the support at home, there's only so far I can take them. If they're not going to go home and do their homework, there's just not much I can do."

While educators recognize the different levels of resources that students have at home, they continue to assign homework that is too difficult for students to complete independently, and reward students who complete the homework anyway.

Consider, for example, how one seventh grade teacher described his approach to homework: "I post the answers to the homework for every course online. The kids do the homework, and they're supposed to check it and figure out if they need extra help. The kids who do that, there is an amazing correlation between that and positive grades. The kids who don't do that are bombing.

"I need to drill that to parents that they need to check homework with their student, get it checked to see if it's right or wrong and then ask me questions. I don't want to use class time to go over homework."

The problem is that the benefits of homework are not uniformly distributed. Rather, research shows that students from high-income families make bigger achievement gains through homework than students from low-income families.

This relationship has been found in both U.S. and Dutch schools , and it suggests that homework may contribute to disparities in students' performance in school.

Tougher struggles

On top of uneven academic benefits, research also reveals that making sense of the math homework assigned in U.S schools is often more difficult for parents who have limited educational attainment , parents who feel anxious over mathematical content . It is also difficult for parents who learned math using different approaches than those currently taught in the U.S. .

Meanwhile, students from more-privileged families are disproportionately more likely to have a parent or a tutor available after school to help with homework, as well as parents who encourage them to seek help from their teachers if they have questions . And they are also more likely to have parents who feel entitled to intervene at school on their behalf.

False ideas about merit

In the schools we observed, teachers interpreted homework inequalities through what social scientists call the myth of meritocracy . The myth suggests that all students in the U.S. have the same opportunities to succeed in school and that any differences in students ' outcomes are the result of different levels of effort. Teachers in our study said things that are in line with this belief.

For instance, one third grade teacher told us: "We're dealing with some really struggling kids. There are parents that I've never even met. They don't come to conferences. There's been no communication whatsoever. … I'll write notes home or emails; they never respond. There are kids who never do their homework , and clearly the parents are OK with that.

"When you don't have that support from home, what can you do? They can't study by themselves. So if they don't have parents that are going to help them out with that, then that's tough on them, and it shows."

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Tiếng Anh 12
Ngân hàng câu hỏi trắc nghiệm môn Tiếng Anh

"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us.

Tác giả The Collectors
Creation date 19/12/21
Tags closest synonym question trắc nghiệm tiếng anh 12

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Các động từ thường gặp trong dạng này là ask; tell; order ( ); invite beg ( ); urge ( ); encourage ); advise ( ); warn ); remind ( , command ( ), entreat ( expect ( ), forbid invite ), instruct ( ), persuade ( ), recommend ( request (
: "Don’t forget to get up early.", my mother said.
My mother reminded me to get up early. (

Các động từ thường gặp trong dạng này là promise ( ); threaten ( ); agree ( ); offer ( ); refuse ( ); propose ( ), volunteer ), hope ( ), demand ( ), guarantee ( ), swear/ vow ( ),...
"I will kill you if you call the police.", the man said.
The man threatened to kill me if I called the police. (

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Reported commands, negations
Karen, "Don't play football in the garden!" Karen told me . Teacher, "Don't forget your homework!" The teacher reminded me . Mike, "Don't shout at Peter!" Mike told me . Yvonne, "Don't talk to your neighbour!" Yvonne told me . Denise, "Don't open the door!" Denise told me . Marcel, "Don't sing that song!" Marcel reminded me . Jane, "Don't watch ...
"Don't forget to do your homework!"
A. could. B. should. C. couldn't. D. shouldn't. How to use : Read the question carefully, then select one of the answers button. GrammarQuiz.Net - Improve your knowledge of English grammar, the best way to kill your free time. Don't forget to do your homework! The teacher told them __________ to do their homework.
PDF 1. Rewrite these sentences using reported speech.
23. The teacher told me not to forget my homework. 24. My brother told me not to shout at mum / my mother. 25. Sam told me not to make a mess of the kitchen. 26. You told me not to open this door. 27. Mandy asked me if she could help me. 28. Andrew asked me if Mandy would have lunch with Sue. 29. They told me to come home at 8. 30. Tom told me ...
Reported Speech
We can call this an 'order' in English, when someone tells you very directly to do something. For example: Direct speech: Sit down! In fact, we make this into reported speech in the same way as a request. We just use 'tell' instead of 'ask': Reported speech: She told me to sit down.
PDF B1 Reported Speech RS004
11. The chef advised us, "Cook the meat carefully." The chef advised us to cook the meat carefully. 12. H promised, "I'll return the book tomorrow." He promised to return the book the following day. 13. The teacher reminded us, "Don't forget your homework". The teacher reminded us not to forget our homework. 14.
Reported Speech
The teacher reminded us, "Don't forget your homework". Patricia said, "My mother will celebrate her birthday next week." He warned me, "Don't shout at me like that!" Task 4. Change the sentences to reported speech. He said, "I will be there by noon." The twins said, "We are five years old."
Reported Speech or Indirect Speech
We usually follow the rules below. When we are reporting speech, we are usually talking about the past; therefore, we change the verbs into the past. Direct Speech. Reported Speech. Simple Present: "I eat pizza.". Simple Past: He said (that) he ate pizza. Present Continuous: "I am eating pizza.".
Reported speech
He told them not to forget. (Direct speech: 'Please don't forget.') OK. ... yesterday I was talking with my friend about the homework that the teachers were sendings to us and he said that he was a little overwhelmed because it was too much and he said that he would give up so I said to him that if he do that he would have bad grades and ...
Exercise on Reported Speech
"Don't let him in," she said. → She told me "Don't go out without me," he begged her. → He begged her "Don't forget your bag," she told me. → She told me "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said. → The chemistry teacher told his students "Don't give yourself up," he advised her. → He advised her "Don't hurt yourselves, boys ...
Exercise on Reported Speech
Exercise 1 - Requests (positive) Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some sentences. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said. "Be patient," she said to him. "Go to your room," her father said to her. "Hurry up," she said to us. "Give me the key," he told her.
REPORTED SPEECH
The teacher us that the lesson started at six in the evening. Reported speech answers. 1) Emily:"Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow." Emily said that their teacher would go to Leipzig the next day. 2) Helen:"I was writing a letter yesterday." Helen told me that she had been writing a letter the day before.
The teacher said: Don't forget to do your homework!
How to use : Read the question carefully, then select one of the answers button. GrammarQuiz.Net - Improve your knowledge of English grammar, the best way to kill your free time. The teacher said: Don't forget to do your homework! The teacher asked them __________ to do their homework.
Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions." Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us. A. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework. B. The teacher told us do not to forget to do our homework. C. The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework. D. The teacher ...
Reported Speech
The teacher said: Don't forget to do your homework! The teacher asked them _____ to do their homework. not to forget. to not forget. to forget. 4. Multiple Choice. Edit. 45 seconds. ... told him don't record. Answer choices . Tags . Answer choices . Tags . Explore all questions with a free account.
3 Ways to Excuse Yourself from Unfinished Homework
Teachers are familiar with many excuses, and can often recognize outlandish ones as untrue. [1] 2. Mutilate your assignment so you teacher can't tell you didn't actually do the work. Turn in the illegible or destroyed assignment, so that you can show your "proof" of your excuse. Crumple and tear a paper assignment.
How to Help with Homework: Talk with Teachers to Resolve Problems
Work with the Teacher. Continuing communication with teachers is very important in solving homework problems. As you work with your child's teacher, here are some important things to remember: Ask the teacher, school guidance counselor or principal if there are mentor programs in your community. Mentor programs pair a child with an adult ...
Does Homework Really Help Students Learn?
Bempechat: I can't imagine that most new teachers would have the intuition Erin had in designing homework the way she did.. Ardizzone: Conversations with kids about homework, feeling you're being listened to—that's such a big part of wanting to do homework….I grew up in Westchester County.It was a pretty demanding school district. My junior year English teacher—I loved her—she ...
Transform the following from direct to reported speech:The teacher said
You visited us 0 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access! Standard XII. English. ... The teacher said to me do your homework. The teacher told me to do your homework. The teacher told me to do my homework. A. The teacher told me to do my homework. B. The teacher said to me do your homework. C. The teacher told me to do your homework. D ...
REPORTED SPEECH
My father told me to do your homework. 3. Multiple Choice. Edit. 30 seconds. ... My teacher told me, " Don't be shy." ... Our teacher told us not to drop our cameras. Our teacher told no to drop the cameras. 16. Multiple Choice. Edit. 30 seconds. 1 pt "Buy something useful", my dad suggested.
"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us
"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us. A. The teacher told us do not forget to do our homework. B. The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework C. The teacher reminded us to do our homework. D. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework.
"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us.
A. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework. B. The teacher told us do not to forget to do our homework. C. The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework. D. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do our homework. Ý của câu trực tiếp diễn tả một sự nhắc nhở, và ta cần đổi your thành our để ...
'There's only so far I can take them': Why teachers give up on
Consider, for instance, what a fourth grade teacher—one of 22 teachers we interviewed and observed during the study—told us about students and homework. "I feel like there's a pocket here—a ...
"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us
A. The teacher told us do not forget to do our homework. B. The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework. C. The teacher reminded us to do our homework. D. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework. Lời giải.

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