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