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