All Dressed Up

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
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George tonight is pretty happy
George is pretty happy tonight
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the come to friend down game poker betting a weekly cold Al come on with was not to and He his secretly
He was secretly betting on his friend Al to come down with a cold and not come to the weekly poker game
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comes When Al on always almost picks the George he to games
When Al comes to the games he almost always picks on George
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the loses and poker and games decisions George so makes angry emotional gets bad he Then
Then George gets angry and emotional and makes bad decisions so he loses the poker games
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Al in does because always almost stay goes not he to games the to like
Al almost always goes to the games because he does not like to stay in
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cold better Tonight with stayed Al did and down to come get a fast in
Tonight Al did come down with a cold and stayed in to get better fast
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expects evening's he this George because games dressed got poker up win to
George got dressed up because he expects to win this evening's poker games
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how common phrasal verbs are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence