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