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