Riding to Work
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
runs
business
a
delivery
with
bicycle
Anwar
his
Anwar
runs
a
delivery
business
with
his
bicycle
2
0
/15
sixes
and
year
Last
was
sevens
very
the
were
at
the
bad
and
city
rains
Last
year
the
rains
were
very
bad
and
the
city
was
at
sixes
and
sevens
3
0
/20
Anwar's
a
to
to
kept
turned
take
told
working
he
but
parents
and
a
rest
them
ear
on
deaf
him
Anwar's
parents
told
him
to
take
a
rest
but
he
turned
a
deaf
ear
to
them
and
kept
on
working
4
0
/13
broke
the
Unfortunately
hit
water
and
he
his
hole
by
hidden
a
bicycle
Unfortunately
he
hit
a
hole
hidden
by
the
water
and
broke
his
bicycle
5
0
/19
two
almost
his
lie
and
was
after
he
that
he
parent's
bad
months
to
For
books
low
had
in
For
almost
two
months
after
that
he
was
in
his
parent's
bad
books
and
he
had
to
lie
low
6
0
/13
his
he
is
to
now
and
bicycle
Fortunately
repair
was
business
able
booming
Fortunately
he
was
able
to
repair
his
bicycle
and
now
business
is
booming
7
0
/10
all
is
night
he
home
and
in
he
Every
comes
Every
night
he
comes
home
and
he
is
all
in
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