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