Poor as a Churchmouse
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
/8
tonight
dining
like
Gerald
king
a
is
Heart
Gerald
Heart
is
dining
like
a
king
tonight
2
0
/24
enjoy
to
as
meal
to
as
gold
as
one
dust
big
him
can
it
much
this
as
he
he
wants
like
and
is
A
A
meal
as
big
as
this
one
is
like
gold
dust
to
him
and
he
wants
to
enjoy
it
as
much
as
he
can
3
0
/20
on
is
to
to
he
going
in
soon
close
He
however
move
is
cafe
eating
a
has
because
get
the
He
has
to
get
a
move
on
however
because
the
cafe
he
is
eating
in
is
going
to
close
soon
4
0
/20
but
drop
Gerald
a
a
a
piece
he
man
church
today
of
wealthy
as
saw
is
mouse
paper
poor
as
Gerald
is
as
poor
as
a
church
mouse
but
today
he
saw
a
wealthy
man
drop
a
piece
of
paper
5
0
/15
shot
it
there
and
it
a
to
Like
picking
was
giving
Gerald
up
the
man
Like
a
shot
Gerald
was
there
picking
it
up
and
giving
it
to
the
man
6
0
/21
a
since
very
was
and
didn't
the
bill
paper
it
of
important
That
dropped
the
it
piece
know
fit
man
he
That
fit
the
bill
since
it
was
a
very
important
piece
of
paper
and
the
man
didn't
know
he
dropped
it
7
0
/13
Gerald
The
very
was
help
his
and
tip
for
man
gave
wealthy
a
The
man
was
very
wealthy
and
gave
Gerald
a
tip
for
his
help
8
0
/20
week
celebrating
and
Gerald
That
a
to
this
in
tonight
big
tip
he
buy
cafe
is
for
food
was
enough
That
tip
was
big
enough
to
buy
Gerald
food
for
a
week
and
tonight
he
is
celebrating
in
this
cafe
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