Stop saying: “I have to make my homework tonight.”
Say instead: “I have to do my homework tonight.” · A2 · Word Choice
✗ Wrong
I have to make my homework tonight.
✓ Correct
I have to do my homework tonight.
Why?
Use do for jobs, tasks, and schoolwork: do homework, do the dishes, do a job. Use make when you create or build something: make a cake, make a plan, make a decision. When in doubt, work and study tasks usually take do.
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🎙️ REAL VOICES
The three correct examples below, in a real voice.
✗ She made her homework before dinner.
✓ She did her homework before dinner.
✗ Can you do me a coffee?
✓ Can you make me a coffee?
✗ They did a cake for the party.
✓ They made a cake for the party.
Do the work, make the thing.