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