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