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