An exercise book is a notebook that is used in schools to copy down schoolwork and notes. A student will usually have different exercise books for each separate lesson or subject.
Children writing in exercise books
A common exercise book
A composition book sporting the common black-and-white pattern.
Squared 12-sheet and 18-sheet exercise books used in Russian primary schools
A notebook is a book or stack of paper pages that are often ruled and used for purposes such as note-taking, journaling, or other writing, drawing, or scrapbooking and more.
Exercise book
…An exercise book is a notebook that is used in schools to copy down schoolwork and notes. A student will usually have different exercise books for each separate lesson or subject…