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