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