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
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as sitting pretty in is to sits Jim he tonight dinner
Jim is sitting pretty tonight as he sits in to dinner
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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
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textbook friend His of the to parts told study wrong him the
His friend told him to study the wrong parts of the textbook
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discovered night the last mistake at Jim eleven pm
Jim discovered the mistake last night at eleven pm
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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
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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
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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
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did both though on In well the test end the they
In the end they both did well on the test though
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how idiomatic expressions are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence