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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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breakfast morning before streets ran in the every Madison almost
Madison ran in the streets almost every morning before breakfast
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and ran feel good to She keep fit
She ran to keep fit and feel good
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office needed is running was her health She a and she work to keep hard for because politician very
She needed to keep her health because she was a politician and running for office is very hard work
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ran four won and every She she years for usually office
She ran for office every four years and usually she won
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ran people up that a government shock deficit her It because would amazing was most
It was amazing because her government ran up a deficit that would shock most people
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Since for ran municipal didn’t they government she know debt office much the about
Since she ran for municipal office they didn’t know much about the government debt
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needed a But help of city running the she lot
But she needed a lot of help running the city
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meetings much ran of talked because she time of in out She her most too
She ran out of time in most of her meetings because she talked too much
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assistant to help an her time She manage her needed well
She needed an assistant to help her manage her time well
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thing she did the In before fact one breakfast was best running
In fact the one thing she did best was running before breakfast
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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