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
liked
Darleen
to
drive
Darleen
liked
to
drive
2
0
/7
fact
it
her
considered
hobby
she
In
In
fact
she
considered
it
her
hobby
3
0
/21
for
forty
every
drove
work
weekend
for
thirty
by
park
down
the
about
she
week
or
stopped
When
the
she
minutes
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
mornings
always
almost
to
two
or
On
drove
Saturday
new
for
three
a
hours
place
On
Saturday
mornings
she
drove
for
two
or
three
hours
almost
always
to
a
new
place
5
0
/18
day
One
her
for
him
could
to
brother
she
a
a
if
meeting
asked
her
business
hotel
drive
One
day
her
brother
asked
her
if
she
could
drive
him
to
a
hotel
for
a
business
meeting
6
0
/14
him
question
and
She
it
there
drove
away
a
without
right
was
knew
where
She
knew
where
it
was
right
away
and
drove
him
there
without
a
question
7
0
/19
her
her
than
thanked
she
was
He
that
too
better
a
taxi
better
and
and
drove
that
told
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