Do homework means to complete the work set by a teacher for outside class. It's used for school, courses and university, and usually with whose homework it is: do my homework, did her homework.
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do + homework; do your/his/her homework; did (past)
- My daughter does her homework right after school, before she relaxes.
- I couldn't do my homework last night because the power went out.
- Teachers expect students to do the homework before the next lesson.
What changed
First versionShe made her homework before dinner yesterday.
RevisionShe did her homework before dinner yesterday.
Make is often the first choice for talking about completing a task, since it fits so many other situations. But homework, like housework, is always done: it's a task you complete rather than something new you create. Make stays for creating things: make a cake, make a plan. So made needs to become did.
Do your homework also has a figurative meaning: to prepare and research something in advance. Do your homework before the interview: read up on the company. And homework has no plural form: a lot of homework, not homeworks.
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Before dinner, she always ___ her homework at the kitchen table.
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does — The sentence is about completing homework, and homework only goes with do, so does is correct. Makes her homework is a mistake: make doesn't go with this word.
Describe when and how you (or your child) do homework: what time and how long it usually takes.
I usually do my homework right after dinner, and it takes about an hour.
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