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