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