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