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