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