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