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
1
0
/11
been
a
for
almost
shoestring
Jenny
on
living
nine
years
has
Jenny
has
been
living
on
a
shoestring
for
almost
nine
years
2
0
/14
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
3
0
/14
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
4
0
/25
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
5
0
/20
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
6
0
/22
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
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how idiomatic expressions are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence