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