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
1
0
/5
George
tonight
is
pretty
happy
George
is
pretty
happy
tonight
2
0
/22
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
3
0
/12
comes
When
Al
on
always
almost
picks
the
George
he
to
games
When
Al
comes
to
the
games
he
almost
always
picks
on
George
4
0
/16
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
5
0
/15
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
6
0
/15
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
7
0
/13
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
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