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
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tonight a dining Gerald king is Heart like
Gerald Heart is dining like a king tonight
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how idiomatic expressions are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence