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