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