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