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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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0
/4
things
Colleen
said
softly
Colleen
said
things
softly
2
0
/7
heard
Yet
she
her
everyone
talked
when
Yet
when
she
talked
everyone
heard
her
3
0
/13
her
that
for
important
tone
the
volume
was
was
was
It
not
it
It
was
not
the
volume
that
was
important
for
her
it
was
tone
4
0
/14
her
that
important
said
Colleen
message
something
it
very
conveyed
tone
When
the
was
When
Colleen
said
something
her
tone
conveyed
the
message
that
it
was
very
important
5
0
/12
how
know
She
officials
said
did
that
not
properly
many
to
talk
She
said
that
many
officials
did
not
know
how
to
talk
properly
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0
/23
urgency
with
said
and
They
when
not
they
much
enough
it
said
too
of
the
things
things
they
stress
volume
and
did
importance
They
said
things
with
too
much
urgency
and
volume
and
when
they
said
things
they
did
not
stress
the
importance
of
it
enough
7
0
/22
flatly
she
disagreed
only
her
things
with
When
that
the
noise
was
important
increases
louder
more
said
said
Saying
people
volume
and
When
people
disagreed
with
her
and
said
that
volume
was
more
important
she
flatly
said
Saying
things
louder
only
increases
the
noise
8
0
/4
had
strong
She
opinions
She
had
strong
opinions
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