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