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