The Lazy Man's Eyes - disappearing H

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 natural speed speech fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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read the report Henry
Henry read the report
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but well very not written it was was by It written Emery
It was written by Emery but it was not very well written
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his his put report and slowly Henry file at looked down
Henry put his report down slowly and looked at his file
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read it the was his why not file that could Henry high salary in knew and he
Henry could read his salary in the file and he knew why it was not that high
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his not Emery effort best in was putting
Emery was not putting in his best effort
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bit knew Emery little lazy already little Henry he Emery knew but only a was a
Henry knew Emery only a little bit but he already knew Emery was a little lazy
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knew when his eyes he man looked lazy in Henry a
Henry knew a lazy man when he looked in his eyes
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in you eyes his see knew how you if He to knew look could laziness
He knew you could see laziness in his eyes if you knew how to look
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too seen Emery's He had eyes in laziness
He had seen laziness in Emery's eyes too
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less had and he until helped had read become would he increase Emery's Emery he knew And salary Emery's report lazy he now not
And now he had read Emery's report and he knew he would not increase Emery's salary until he had helped Emery become less lazy
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and Emery bad point for to days his work habits a work watch He out planned few
He planned to watch Emery work and point out his bad work habits for a few days
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a to any change there would see if wait month was he Then
Then he would wait a month to see if there was any change
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always quality Henry and his help harder almost a work increase could work man
Henry could almost always help a man work harder and increase his work quality
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Henry good man was a
Henry was a good man
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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 natural speed speech 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

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