worksheet

English

Alternative forms

• wkst, wksht (abbreviation)

Etymology

From work +‎ sheet. First use appears c. 1823 in the publications of Isaac D'Israeli.

Noun

worksheet (plural worksheets)

1. (education) A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.

   Synonyms: ditto, ditto worksheet

2. A sheet of paper listing work that is completed, to be completed or in progress.

   Hypernym: sheet

   • 2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45:

     The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".

Translations

sheet on which problems are worked out

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作表 (zh) (gōngzuòbiǎo)

• Finnish: tehtäväpaperi, tehtävämoniste (paper); tehtäväsivu (on computer)
• French: feuille de travail
• German: Arbeitsblatt (de) n
• Hungarian: munkalap (hu)
• Indonesian: lembar kerja, kertas kerja (id)
• Interlingua: folio de labor
• Irish: bileog oibre f, bileog shaothair f
• Italian: foglio di lavoro
• Malay: lembaran kerja
• Maori: raumahi
• Russian: рабочий лист (rabočij list)
• Spanish: hoja de trabajo
• Thai: ตารางทำการ

Verb

worksheet (third-person singular simple present worksheets, present participle worksheeting, simple past and past participle worksheeted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets.
   • 1987, Charles R. Chew, Reflections by Teachers Who Write, page 65:

     Both reading and writing were viewed as a series of discreet and essentially uninteresting skills to be described, worksheeted, and tested. Students' own intentions or ability as speakers, listeners, readers, or writers were never a consideration.

   • 2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching, page 117:

     Lesson after lesson of worksheeting will quickly leave the children bored and disaffected. The class will also suss out pretty quickly that you're being lazy.

   • 2006, Keen J. Babbage, Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning:

     Students cannot be textbooked and worksheeted into mastery, proficiency, brilliance, and commitment.

Anagrams

• sheetwork