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