set (fast english)

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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set shop years her Genevieve ago up
Genevieve set up her shop years ago
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employed years over She several the helpers
She employed several helpers over the years
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relationship her They went the a to for but while work after bad liked
They liked to work for her but after a while the relationship went bad
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well Finally and realised in set she managing them that she was reality not
Finally reality set in and she realised that she was not managing them well
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to them the needed to she do done for work set a up follow system She
She set up a system for them to follow to do the work she needed done
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solution she when talked found friend engineering computer She this a to
She found this solution when she talked to a computer engineering friend
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he a bell in The off spoke way her set head
The way he spoke set off a bell in her head
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for She set her a business make out to system
She set out to make a system for her business
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worked It
It worked
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a and it new down introduced the system set staff She to member new in print
She set down the new system in print and introduced it to a new staff member
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to out deliberately follow set she Then system the strictly
Then she set out to deliberately follow the system strictly
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always was did same things They they so the this how she thought did
They thought this was how she always did things so they did the same
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success business big her is a Now
Now her business is a big success
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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