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