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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 grammar patterns fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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in playing Lisa Edward the and sand love together
Lisa and Edward love playing in the sand together
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sandbox four Sunday They played cars both almost and old for they years have in year a with the are on
They are both four years old and they have played with cars in the sandbox on Sunday for almost a year
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to Edward make dug up Lisa sand buildings has with dug tunnels and has
Lisa has dug tunnels and Edward has dug up sand to make buildings with
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every They afternoon without tired hours have dug for getting
They have dug for hours every afternoon without getting tired
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very through collapse carefully dug has Lisa week so not the sand the do Every tunnels
Every week Lisa has dug through the sand very carefully so the tunnels do not collapse
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into Edward sandbox dug the sand the get has corner to of moist the
Edward has dug into the corner of the sandbox to get the moist sand
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thinks with he better is That building for
That is better for building with he thinks
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like to them taken Their playing pictures how sandbox much of have the them in digging they mothers show
Their mothers have taken pictures of them playing in the sandbox to show them how much they like digging
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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 grammar patterns 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