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