Brushing Teeth - 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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a Phil his the doesn't teeth he day brushes twice because going dentist like to
Phil brushes his teeth twice a day because he doesn't like going to the dentist
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a was he like and he his didn't to When brush cavities young of he got teeth lot
When he was young he didn't like to brush his teeth and he got a lot of cavities
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morning breakfast Now after in the teeth brushes he his
Now he brushes his teeth after breakfast in the morning
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enough and breakfast early always up his shower teeth gets brush to He have
He always gets up early enough to shower have breakfast and brush his teeth
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of course And dressed get
And get dressed of course
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salty it helps stop breath mouth he these he uses toothpaste cleaner thinks a He always feel it because days using toothpaste his makes and is but bad
He always uses toothpaste but these days he is using a salty toothpaste because it makes his mouth feel cleaner and he thinks it helps stop bad breath
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mouth with and for into minutes the toothpaste about two he sink After his spits out the rinses water brushing
After brushing for about two minutes he spits out the toothpaste into the sink and rinses his mouth with water
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the the the puts cup Then and he in cleans it beside toothbrush sink
Then he cleans the toothbrush and puts it in the cup beside the sink
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Then of he his the on goes rest morning with
Then he goes on with the rest of his morning
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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