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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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things Candace almost has everyday lost
Candace has lost things almost everyday
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She is she organised not lost things very that’s why and has
She is not very organised and that’s why she has lost things
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keys Some days lost her she car has
Some days she has lost her car keys
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Other has days she lost makeup her
Other days she has lost her makeup
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but finds always them she things almost always again almost finds panics She until she
She almost always finds things again but until she finds them she almost always panics
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she lose mind miracle will her If it a doesn’t be
If she doesn’t lose her mind it will be a miracle
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she says though I After finds lose completely things she things never
After she finds things though she says I never lose things completely
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she might to more or weeks organised that she But worker lost realised a few had out ago a better to get have she
But a few weeks ago she realised that she had to get more organised or she might have lost out to a better worker
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makes less efficient her Being disorganised
Being disorganised makes her less efficient
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done get workers other faster work Then
Then other workers get work done faster
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everything have would and lost she lost She her have then might job
She might have lost her job and then she would have lost everything
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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

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