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