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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
1
0
/10
ran
streets
in
breakfast
the
Madison
morning
before
almost
every
Madison
ran
in
the
streets
almost
every
morning
before
breakfast
2
0
/8
keep
and
fit
She
ran
feel
good
to
She
ran
to
keep
fit
and
feel
good
3
0
/19
is
was
keep
very
politician
her
hard
health
running
office
and
She
work
a
because
she
needed
to
for
She
needed
to
keep
her
health
because
she
was
a
politician
and
running
for
office
is
very
hard
work
4
0
/11
She
usually
and
office
won
four
years
for
she
ran
every
She
ran
for
office
every
four
years
and
usually
she
won
5
0
/15
amazing
government
most
shock
would
people
was
It
because
a
her
up
deficit
ran
that
It
was
amazing
because
her
government
ran
up
a
deficit
that
would
shock
most
people
6
0
/14
municipal
she
didn’t
about
know
they
much
government
the
ran
debt
for
office
Since
Since
she
ran
for
municipal
office
they
didn’t
know
much
about
the
government
debt
7
0
/10
of
lot
she
city
needed
running
the
help
But
a
But
she
needed
a
lot
of
help
running
the
city
8
0
/15
of
much
most
talked
ran
She
out
of
in
too
meetings
because
time
her
she
She
ran
out
of
time
in
most
of
her
meetings
because
she
talked
too
much
9
0
/11
her
an
needed
her
manage
She
time
to
assistant
help
well
She
needed
an
assistant
to
help
her
manage
her
time
well
10
0
/12
best
did
was
before
one
running
the
breakfast
fact
she
thing
In
In
fact
the
one
thing
she
did
best
was
running
before
breakfast
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence