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