Brushing Hair - daily

Word Order Practice

Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.

Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.

Why Word Order Matters in English

Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.

This exercise helps you:

  • Internalize English sentence patterns
  • Recognize how everyday conversational patterns fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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after his every morning Phil hair a taking brushes shower
Phil brushes his hair every morning after taking a shower
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a him would told his that give sheen hair His mother it nice
His mother told him that it would give his hair a nice sheen
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a uses He to for small because have such time shopping doesn't he brush go a item old very
He uses a very old brush because he doesn't have time to go shopping for such a small item
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remembers brushing the hair morning mother her always his He in
He always remembers his mother brushing her hair in the morning
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everyday to hair used brush strokes hundred her with She one
She used to brush her hair with one hundred strokes everyday
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but Phil need brush brushes still habits and he it lots die slowly his hair old doesn't fact and doesn't Now of in have to hair he
Now Phil doesn't have lots of hair and in fact he doesn't need to brush it but old habits die slowly and he still brushes his hair
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the his He it across of head brushes top
He brushes it across the top of his head
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but his spot his larger help spot than is this might hair bald cover thinks bald cover can much He his
He thinks this might help cover his bald spot but his bald spot is much larger than his hair can cover
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of to He a hair then place uses head few it and he go gel a across hold to of lines bit his in gets
He gets a few lines of hair to go across his head and then he uses a bit of gel to hold it in place
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confidence leave gives to the he morning him needs This house the every
This gives him the confidence he needs to leave the house every morning
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but use using used for he heard bad hair that spray He stopped the ago it he environment so years to was that
He used to use hair spray but he heard that it was bad for the environment so he stopped using that years ago
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to and His still only damp do him hair shower brush it the is minute it to takes from easy a is so
His hair is still damp from the shower so it is easy to brush and it only takes him a minute to do
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part the that his is Still for him routine helps prepare day it and of
Still it is part of his routine and that helps him prepare for the day
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how everyday conversational patterns are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence