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