You won't find him trying to get out of this kind of homework! Try our attention-grabbing horny assignments that'll have you focusing on each other and getting loads of fun out of your sex life again. For maximum benefit do one assignment a day for five days.

Assignment No 1 - Look at me
Tonight you are not allowed to touch each other at all. Even hand-holding is forbidden. The idea is that you're creating the exciting barriers that are in place when a couple hardly know each other and are desperate for physical contact. Think it sounds simple? Well, to make it just that bit harder you have to stay at home and you wear something fantastically provocative. Try a horribly short skirt without knickers, or a see-through shirt with no bra. Sleep in suspenders and stockings. Oh, that poor bloke of yours! How much he'll want you! And poor desperate you!

Assignment No 2 - Touch me
Tonight you are allowed to do all the touching you want, but you're still not allowed sex. Mean, eh? As it happens, many women prefer to orgasm without penetrative intercourse, so this one's not such a chore for us girls. As for him, if he's still moaning, tell him there are a few perks. This assignment does allow use of vibrators, sex toys and baby oil. Let him watch as you fill up his bedside cabinet in the morning with all the devices you'll be using later. Text him about them in the day to remind him of what's in store. Sex is very much about anticipation, and you'll both have a wonderful day looking forward to the activities to come that night.

Assignment No 3 - Share a fantasy (or two)
Lure him up to the bedroom with the promise of revealing your filthiest fantasy. You'll be surprised how liberating it can be telling him you've imagined having sex doggy fashion with the next-door neighbour! Talk about the fantasy in detail, how you've imagined it coming about and all the things you've got up to in your imagination. Then it's his turn to reveal his filthiest fantasy. Remember, you do have to be prepared for him to say he fancies the next-door neighbour too. This is a very good exercise for couples - it's a sharp, shocking reminder that we're all individual horny people with individual horny thoughts, but if it's done tactfully you shouldn't hurt each other. Rather, the idea is to excite each other. And once you've both got the hots from all this dirty talking, share a fantasy together, making it up as you go along. Fantasy can't harm and creates a wonderful shared intimacy. Make love as you fantasise together. Mmmm, now that was worth waiting for, wasn't it?!

Assignment No 4 - Indulge him
Is there something he's always wanted to do to you that you've never allowed? Well, tonight's his lucky night. And if you think that's tough on you, bear in mind that this assignment will result in lots of groundbreaking pleasure for you too. Spanking - against your feminist principles? Think again. Being spanked can be incredibly erotic if you know how to take a blow on the backside. And upmarket female sex shop Coco de Mer offers great advice on the subject at www.coco-de-mer.co.uk, where you can buy some fabulous spanking paddles, too. Food - usually put off by the mess? Gallantly open the fridge door for him. Dressing up - too inhibited to put on that traffic warden outfit he bought you last Christmas? Go on, get it out! Groping in public - let him feel you up on the back seat of the bus while no one's looking. It'll be fun to be so juvenile!

Assignment No 5 - Time for a text book
Tonight you can take your pick to repeat any of your favourite exercises from the previous four nights, PLUS there's a reward for all your hard work so far. You get to try... (drum roll)... a new sexual position! Most couples get very complacent about positions, repeating the same ones time and time again, but there really are so many different ways of making love. A new position can be such a wonderful experience, completely changing the way you both feel about sex. So make sure you've got a copy of The Kama Sutra by Anne Hooper (£6.39, Dorling Kindersley), flick through, take your pick and then practise.

Finally, whenever things get dull between you again, simply repeat homework assignments 1-5, sticking rigidly to all those lovely rules!