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