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