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