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