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