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