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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
1
0
/10
man
Fiorello
and
bit
Mancini
good
a
was
unusual
a
Fiorello
Mancini
was
a
good
man
and
a
bit
unusual
2
0
/9
he
was
He
kept
and
politician
promises
a
his
He
was
a
politician
and
he
kept
his
promises
3
0
/18
could
promised
to
He
as
about
he
very
careful
was
open
liked
be
what
he
and
he
as
He
was
very
careful
about
what
he
promised
and
he
liked
to
be
as
open
as
he
could
4
0
/13
very
heavy
few
are
said
and
I
because
he
dangerous
kept
secrets
secrets
I
kept
very
few
secrets
he
said
because
secrets
are
heavy
and
dangerous
5
0
/19
open
difficult
were
secrets
and
very
were
and
more
Politics
you
if
in
town
keep
difficult
didn't
even
his
Politics
in
his
town
were
very
difficult
and
even
more
difficult
if
you
were
open
and
didn't
keep
secrets
6
0
/20
who
help
kept
needed
because
to
never
me
I
alive
in
friends
I
politics
I
kept
and
quiet
enough
kept
I
kept
alive
in
politics
because
I
kept
enough
friends
who
needed
to
help
me
and
I
never
kept
quiet
7
0
/4
Quiet
forgotten
politicians
are
Quiet
politicians
are
forgotten
8
0
/18
less
were
these
than
with
kept
he
the
doing
up
politicians
was
he
other
By
things
who
honest
By
doing
these
things
he
kept
up
with
the
other
politicians
who
were
less
honest
than
he
was
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