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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
breakfast
morning
before
streets
ran
in
the
every
Madison
almost
Madison
ran
in
the
streets
almost
every
morning
before
breakfast
2
0
/8
and
ran
feel
good
to
She
keep
fit
She
ran
to
keep
fit
and
feel
good
3
0
/19
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
4
0
/11
ran
four
won
and
every
She
she
years
for
usually
office
She
ran
for
office
every
four
years
and
usually
she
won
5
0
/15
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
6
0
/14
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
7
0
/10
needed
a
But
help
of
city
running
the
she
lot
But
she
needed
a
lot
of
help
running
the
city
8
0
/15
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
9
0
/11
assistant
to
help
an
her
time
She
manage
her
needed
well
She
needed
an
assistant
to
help
her
manage
her
time
well
10
0
/12
thing
she
did
the
In
before
fact
one
breakfast
was
best
running
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