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