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# worksheet

noun (a worksheet, worksheets)

«worksheet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A worksheet is a sheet of paper with questions, exercises or tasks that a pupil fills in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#m1)
2. In a computer spreadsheet program, a worksheet is one page of rows and columns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school the teacher hands out worksheets for maths, spelling, reading and science, and pupils write answers in the spaces. Homework is often a worksheet. Phrases: fill in a worksheet, hand out worksheets, finish your worksheet, a maths worksheet.

### Examples

- The teacher gave us a worksheet on fractions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x1)
- Please write your name at the top of the worksheet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x2)
- I finished my spelling worksheet before lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x3)
- The worksheet had ten sums and a word problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x4)
- Mum helped me with my homework worksheet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x5)
- Hand in your worksheets at the end of the lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x6)
- In the spreadsheet, click the second worksheet to see the prices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x7)
- If each worksheet has 8 questions, 3 worksheets have 24 questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a worksheet, two worksheets. Written as one word. In the UK and Australia people also say activity sheet; in the USA a simple worksheet may be called a handout. The answers usually go on the worksheet itself.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «worksheet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worksheet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«worksheet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/worksheet.html) on Mova free.