Uncountable: homework

[Tina]

Test No. errors/elem-2 "Be careful", question 3

Her teacher is always giving her lots of homeworks.

(a) is
(b) giving
(c) homeworks

Test No. errors/elem-2 "Be careful", answer 3

Her teacher is always giving her lots of homework.

Correct entry: homework
The error was: (c) homeworks
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[katarzyna]

Tina,
homework is an uncountable noun and has no plural (like 'information', 'advice', for example).

[tortoise]

Uncountable nouns don't have plural form. When used with plural meaning, it's a plural noun, but with singular form. So you can't add "S" at the end of the word.

[lost_soul]

Hi !

The sentence seems a bit strange to me, I cant understand why you used a "continuous" tense here... Could you explain me, or refer me to the explanation, please?
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[Yankee]

Hi Lost_soul

This is a special usage for the present continuous. We use this when something annoying, irritating, or shocking often or regularly happens. Using the present continuous this way makes the speaker's annoyance (irritation, shock, etc) clear.

Typically the word always is used in the sentence, but you may also find words such as endlessly or constantly. The point is, the adverb always (or something very similar) must also be in the sentence.

So, in the test sentence, the speaker isn't simply stating that 'the teacher always gives her lots of homework'. The speaker is also irritated by and complaining about that fact. (Maybe the speaker thinks the amount of homework is always much too much, for example.)

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English