Laundry - 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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week does once his laundry Phil a
Phil does his laundry once a week
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on time the works so to those he to Friday laundry have do days from doesn't He Monday
He works from Monday to Friday so he doesn't have time to do the laundry on those days
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so laundry runs but laundry of he on usually Saturday the Sunday he then clothes sometimes does does He the out on
He usually does the laundry on Sunday but sometimes he runs out of clothes on Saturday so he does the laundry then
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clothes Phil change week still bought all that daily he clothes laundry and end can of enough at the do his the
Phil bought enough clothes that he can change clothes daily and still do all his laundry at the end of the week
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of socks dress dress on five So he so five pairs and has shirts
So he has five pairs of dress socks five dress shirts and so on
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he way has for always last week enough a to That
That way he always has enough to last for a week
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does he laundry uses he When water his warm
When he does his laundry he uses warm water
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the adds in puts detergent machine washing top his He liquid the and on laundry
He puts his laundry in the washing machine and adds the liquid detergent on top
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the lid he on water closes the Then and turns
Then he turns on the water and closes the lid
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so The automatic think he about much is have machine to add doesn't to how water laundry
The laundry machine is automatic so he doesn't have to think about how much water to add
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always detergent He feel by adds
He always adds detergent by feel
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load adds of as detergent that much He laundry he as needs thinks
He adds as much detergent as he thinks that load of laundry needs
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loads two laundry of does always He
He always does two loads of laundry
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pants shirts and like load One clothing is of most his
One load is most of his clothing like shirts and pants
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laundry other and separate he his is socks The load wants the underwear like
The other load is the laundry he wants separate like his socks and underwear
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all all about the washing is in machine the it and finished it dries dryer he After for together forty minutes puts
After the washing machine is finished he puts it all in the dryer together and dries it all for about forty minutes
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That enough load the whole to is dry usually
That is usually enough to dry the whole load
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static so anti in by puts together stick cling the He don't that sheet electricity an clothes static
He puts in an anti static cling sheet so that the clothes don't stick together by static electricity
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the he clothes away Then folds and for next them week puts his
Then he folds his clothes and puts them away for the next week
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routine is He this easy likes for him it and
He likes this routine and it is easy for him
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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