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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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good expectation new people Julia with met something a always of fresh
Julia always met new people with a fresh expectation of something good
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good the made person other It feel
It made the other person feel good
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and gave a met them always She handshake eye good to firm eye
She met them eye to eye and always gave a good firm handshake
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way challenges same She the met
She met challenges the same way
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all expected something good knew She from a it friends her challenge and
She expected something good from a challenge and her friends all knew it
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her standards They same had did people and as met they the expectations being as she good
They met her standards as being good people and they had the same expectations as she did
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on met with on home She up her the nights after way work friends Friday
She met up with her friends on Friday nights after work on the way home
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go and to same to restaurant the dinner maybe as well beer liked two together a They or have and
They liked to go to the same restaurant and have dinner together and maybe a beer or two as well
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to meet if sometime the again weekend all they they up Then promised could over
Then they all promised to meet up again sometime over the weekend if they could
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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