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
happy
George
tonight
is
pretty
George
is
pretty
happy
tonight
2
0
/22
was
and
not
to
He
a
secretly
cold
come
down
the
to
betting
Al
come
on
his
with
friend
weekly
game
poker
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
always
almost
on
George
to
comes
picks
When
he
games
the
Al
When
Al
comes
to
the
games
he
almost
always
picks
on
George
4
0
/16
angry
George
poker
so
and
and
games
loses
Then
gets
he
the
emotional
makes
bad
decisions
Then
George
gets
angry
and
emotional
and
makes
bad
decisions
so
he
loses
the
poker
games
5
0
/15
to
he
to
not
almost
the
like
does
stay
in
games
goes
always
because
Al
Al
almost
always
goes
to
the
games
because
he
does
not
like
to
stay
in
6
0
/15
did
get
Tonight
better
Al
a
stayed
to
down
with
cold
come
fast
in
and
Tonight
Al
did
come
down
with
a
cold
and
stayed
in
to
get
better
fast
7
0
/13
this
George
poker
got
games
dressed
expects
up
because
to
he
win
evening's
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