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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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a and unusual a man good is Mancini Fiorello bit
Fiorello Mancini is a good man and a bit unusual
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has a promises is he politician his and same kept time the at He
He is a politician and at the same time he has kept his promises
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he careful promises what is He very about
He is very careful about what he promises
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he open likes be He can as to also as
He also likes to be as open as he can
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and few heavy because dangerous kept he says are I've very secrets secrets
I've kept very few secrets he says because secrets are heavy and dangerous
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you very and is Politics difficult even difficult people's kept and more secrets are if open haven't
Politics is very difficult and even more difficult if you are open and haven't kept people's secrets
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never need to alive I've friends enough in kept politics because kept kept I've quiet I've who me help and
I've kept alive in politics because I've kept enough friends who need to help me and I've never kept quiet
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politicians are forgotten Quiet
Quiet politicians are forgotten
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has By the he with is who honest politicians these kept doing are he up things other than less
By doing these things he has kept up with the other politicians who are less honest than he is
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence