Late Homework

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 idiomatic expressions fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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strict a Tom very school attends
Tom attends a very strict school
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get not it give a of and is angry teachers homework The done if they lot
The teachers give a lot of homework and they get angry if it is not done
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Tom his day One homework lost
One day Tom lost his homework
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upside He it for looking down turned room his
He turned his room upside down looking for it
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it find He couldn't
He couldn't find it
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make today to he thought scarce better school way the myself I'd On
On the way to school he thought I'd better make myself scarce today
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tin cat a teacher roof the In the homework for like waiting for was a class on to hot he ask
In class he was like a cat on a hot tin roof waiting for the teacher to ask for the homework
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drill class go and class was the whole way there a outside had About through half fire to
About half way through class there was a fire drill and the whole class had to go outside
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The coast clear was
The coast was clear
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He for another safe day was
He was safe for another day
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his on it and pride Later Tom homework did he find handed with in
Later on Tom did find his homework and he handed it in with pride
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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 idiomatic expressions 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