grow-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
/12
to
children
Springs
The
year
who
went
grew
School
New
Elementary
every
The
children
who
went
to
New
Springs
Elementary
School
grew
every
year
2
0
/8
elementary
Of
in
school
any
grow
course
children
Of
course
children
in
any
elementary
school
grow
3
0
/7
were
these
little
different
a
children
But
But
these
children
were
a
little
different
4
0
/11
were
in
up
parents
They
from
away
their
growing
the
countryside
They
were
growing
up
in
the
countryside
away
from
their
parents
5
0
/13
the
they
when
away
home
parents
from
faster
grew
children
lived
felt
Their
Their
parents
felt
the
children
grew
faster
when
they
lived
away
from
home
6
0
/7
The
grew
more
independent
resourceful
and
children
The
children
grew
more
independent
and
resourceful
7
0
/9
their
That's
them
this
parents
school
why
to
sent
That's
why
their
parents
sent
them
to
this
school
8
0
/23
so
were
few
to
making
and
games
accustomed
their
children
no
campus
on
luxuries
the
the
there
TV's
Also
and
own
grew
studying
Also
there
were
few
luxuries
on
the
campus
and
no
TV's
so
the
children
grew
accustomed
to
studying
and
making
their
own
games
9
0
/15
to
growing
researcher
their
studied
the
patterns
city
in
One
in
compared
differences
children
the
One
researcher
studied
the
differences
in
their
growing
patterns
compared
to
children
in
the
city
10
0
/10
was
out
find
children
the
grew
interesting
It
how
to
It
was
interesting
to
find
out
how
the
children
grew
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