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