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
these
days
in
deep
Jafar
is
thought
Jafar
is
deep
in
thought
these
days
2
0
/19
big
client
he
a
feast
of
with
partaking
a
was
watched
a
months
Two
soccer
game
while
ago
they
Two
months
ago
while
he
was
partaking
of
a
feast
with
a
client
they
watched
a
big
soccer
game
3
0
/13
the
was
of
client
one
was
teams
for
Jafar
rooting
quiet
The
and
The
client
was
quiet
and
Jafar
was
rooting
for
one
of
the
teams
4
0
/15
however
the
other
team
because
messed
up
his
He
secretly
for
rooting
was
client
quiet
He
messed
up
however
because
his
quiet
client
was
secretly
rooting
for
the
other
team
5
0
/18
to
laid
few
a
business
A
later
company
was
the
days
took
because
off
Jafar
client
his
different
A
few
days
later
Jafar
was
laid
off
because
the
client
took
his
business
to
a
different
company
6
0
/13
work
owned
is
out
still
but
the
of
mistake
to
Jafar
he
up
Jafar
owned
up
to
the
mistake
but
he
is
still
out
of
work
7
0
/18
his
thinking
he
is
business
and
honour
Now
he
family
how
to
own
his
start
can
restore
about
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