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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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Madison everyday runs
Madison runs everyday
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before breakfast years for Madison run has
Madison has run before breakfast for years
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and to She good to keep feel fit run likes
She likes to run to keep fit and feel good
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health because very running for is needs a keep She her and she office to hard is politician work
She needs to keep her health because she is a politician and running for office is very hard work
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has She for run years sixteen every four years for office
She has run for office every four years for sixteen years
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She the elections keeps winning
She keeps winning the elections
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because amazing up her shock It most government is a citizens run debt that has would
It is amazing because her government has run up a debt that would shock most citizens
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of a many aware it are not people Since the local debt is election
Since it is a local election many people are not aware of the debt
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running of city But help the a needs lot she
But she needs a lot of help running the city
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of meetings run in much most She of time talks too her because out has she
She has run out of time in most of her meetings because she talks too much
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an help her She manage needs time to assistant her well
She needs an assistant to help her manage her time well
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fact best In does thing before breakfast she the running one is
In fact the one thing she does best is 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