Dish Washing - 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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the hates to wash dishes Phil
Phil hates to wash the dishes
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used he to least At
At least he used to
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of it a time He was his thought waste
He thought it was a waste of his time
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new clean leave use the the ones to sink in dishes He and used
He used to leave the dishes in the sink and use new clean ones
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no more he when reluctantly dishes and sigh all the would were there dishes wash Finally clean
Finally when there were no more clean dishes he would sigh and reluctantly wash all the dishes
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efficient was way that thought He time use his to a very
He thought that was a very efficient way to use his time
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The a off had the it dried took on to that problem wash dishes time so was the long food
The problem was that the food had dried on the dishes so it took a long time to wash off
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He thoroughly really had wash to
He really had to wash thoroughly
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realised few wasting actually this After years time his he was a
After a few years he realised this was actually wasting his time
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he dishes used decided wash they were after the right to Then
Then he decided to wash the dishes right after they were used
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two them took the right using wash him another years Making after dishes himself
Making himself wash the dishes right after using them took him another two years
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did he finally much But house now is looking his cleaner it and
But he finally did it and now his house is much cleaner looking
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He dirty dishes always washes because he hates carefully
He always washes carefully because he hates dirty dishes
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some fills in water with puts the dish hot He water and the soap sink
He fills the sink with hot water and puts some dish soap in the water
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the water filling because soap soap makes adds it is usually bubble the the dish as He
He usually adds the dish soap as the water is filling because it makes the soap bubble
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he a dish with wash gets Then cloth to
Then he gets a dish cloth to wash with
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there with scrubber is to He the food a dishes if off hard sometimes is get that scrubs
He scrubs the dishes with a scrubber sometimes if there is food that is hard to get off
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they are Teflon because pans easy to He likes always his clean
He likes his Teflon pans because they are always easy to clean
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water don't rinses always soap After they a so have any them on bit dishes with he washing of clean the
After washing he always rinses the dishes with a bit of clean water so they don't have any soap on them
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the dish rack he them to in dry Then puts
Then he puts them in the dish rack to dry
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dirty a in no can house the Now lot he relax dishes more with
Now with no dirty dishes in the house he can relax a lot more
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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