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