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