Sitting Pretty
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
/11
to
pretty
Jim
sits
as
dinner
is
in
tonight
he
sitting
Jim
is
sitting
pretty
tonight
as
he
sits
in
to
dinner
2
0
/17
was
not
ready
test
sweat
Last
night
his
was
he
for
because
cold
he
in
mathematics
a
Last
night
he
was
in
a
cold
sweat
because
he
was
not
ready
for
his
mathematics
test
3
0
/12
told
of
to
the
study
the
wrong
friend
him
parts
textbook
His
His
friend
told
him
to
study
the
wrong
parts
of
the
textbook
4
0
/9
night
mistake
at
the
pm
discovered
last
eleven
Jim
Jim
discovered
the
mistake
last
night
at
eleven
pm
5
0
/15
morning
of
early
the
studied
until
time
in
just
this
nick
and
Jim
It
was
It
was
just
in
the
nick
of
time
and
Jim
studied
until
early
this
morning
6
0
/21
and
mistake
of
didn't
out
such
stupid
make
mickey
him
for
a
His
friend
took
Jim
now
same
the
the
discovery
His
friend
didn't
make
the
same
discovery
and
now
Jim
took
the
mickey
out
of
him
for
such
a
stupid
mistake
7
0
/24
laughed
page
He
writing
he
about
thinking
while
off
head
friend
because
his
at
got
the
all
them
girlfriend
his
his
down
backwards
numbers
He
laughed
his
head
off
at
his
friend
because
he
got
all
the
page
numbers
backwards
writing
them
down
while
thinking
about
his
girlfriend
8
0
/11
though
In
did
well
the
on
both
end
they
test
the
In
the
end
they
both
did
well
on
the
test
though
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