Nine Years Later

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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nine Jenny living for has almost on years shoestring been a
Jenny has been living on a shoestring for almost nine years
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died husband penny When to her she did have her fisherman a not name
When her fisherman husband died she did not have a penny to her name
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nothing was it and start but job working There for get to a else
There was nothing else for it but to get a job and start working
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a wealthy very nines she she and where place the as she scattered ashes Now they to visits husband's the is is her woman dressed
Now she is a very wealthy woman and she is dressed to the nines as she visits the place where they scattered her husband's ashes
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visit of years spot three For his going funeral exactly to she was minds two after days nine this about
For three days she was of two minds about going to visit this spot exactly nine years after his funeral
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she her her she is glad even now and smiling and however her husband is is to came see sure She can
She is glad she came however and she is sure her husband can see her and is smiling to her even now
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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