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