A Feast of Woe
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 common phrasal verbs fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
1
0
/7
deep
Jafar
is
thought
days
these
in
Jafar
is
deep
in
thought
these
days
2
0
/19
with
feast
while
he
a
of
partaking
months
soccer
client
Two
big
a
they
a
ago
game
watched
was
Two
months
ago
while
he
was
partaking
of
a
feast
with
a
client
they
watched
a
big
soccer
game
3
0
/13
rooting
one
client
teams
the
of
The
and
Jafar
was
quiet
for
was
The
client
was
quiet
and
Jafar
was
rooting
for
one
of
the
teams
4
0
/15
because
rooting
up
for
He
client
messed
the
however
secretly
his
team
was
quiet
other
He
messed
up
however
because
his
quiet
client
was
secretly
rooting
for
the
other
team
5
0
/18
few
Jafar
to
the
company
because
later
a
business
A
was
took
his
off
days
different
laid
client
A
few
days
later
Jafar
was
laid
off
because
the
client
took
his
business
to
a
different
company
6
0
/13
he
owned
work
Jafar
up
out
to
but
of
still
the
mistake
is
Jafar
owned
up
to
the
mistake
but
he
is
still
out
of
work
7
0
/18
thinking
own
Now
his
family
how
business
restore
start
to
honour
about
he
and
his
he
can
is
Now
he
is
thinking
about
how
he
can
start
his
own
business
and
restore
honour
to
his
family
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 common phrasal verbs 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