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