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assignment
piece of academic work
An assignment is a piece of work that a teacher asks you to complete.
This vs that
I’m finishing an assignment.
I’m doing my homework.
Hear it in real life
Why are you staying in tonight?
I’ve got an assignment to finish.
I have to finish a 2,000-word assignment by Monday.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Assignment is standard, but the everyday sentence uses got and finish.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I have ‸ assignment to finish by Monday.
Say: I have an assignment to finish by Monday.
Use an before a singular countable noun such as assignment.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
finish an assignment
I need to finish an assignment before I go out.
He stayed up late to finish his assignment.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about homework.
get ___ out of the way
I'll get my homework out of the way before dinner.
Homework words
Study · Homework: the words around “assignment”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I’ve got an assignment to finish.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
assignment
piece of academic work
“I have to finish a 2,000-word assignment by Monday.”
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