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