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