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