drive-past
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
1
0
/4
drive
Darleen
to
liked
Darleen
liked
to
drive
2
0
/7
In
her
she
considered
it
fact
hobby
In
fact
she
considered
it
her
hobby
3
0
/21
the
the
down
work
park
week
stopped
about
by
weekend
every
she
When
for
for
or
she
forty
drove
minutes
thirty
When
she
stopped
work
for
the
weekend
she
drove
down
by
the
park
for
about
thirty
or
forty
minutes
every
week
4
0
/16
she
a
drove
to
always
almost
On
for
or
place
three
mornings
new
Saturday
hours
two
On
Saturday
mornings
she
drove
for
two
or
three
hours
almost
always
to
a
new
place
5
0
/18
if
day
One
him
drive
her
to
she
could
meeting
for
brother
business
a
hotel
her
asked
a
One
day
her
brother
asked
her
if
she
could
drive
him
to
a
hotel
for
a
business
meeting
6
0
/14
without
and
right
it
question
where
away
there
was
a
knew
She
drove
him
She
knew
where
it
was
right
away
and
drove
him
there
without
a
question
7
0
/19
taxi
He
too
her
than
was
and
thanked
told
drove
that
and
a
that
her
better
she
better
she
He
told
her
that
she
was
better
than
a
taxi
and
that
she
drove
better
too
and
thanked
her
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence