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