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