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