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