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