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
happy
tonight
is
George
pretty
George
is
pretty
happy
tonight
2
0
/22
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
3
0
/12
George
comes
on
games
almost
he
picks
to
the
always
When
Al
When
Al
comes
to
the
games
he
almost
always
picks
on
George
4
0
/16
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
5
0
/15
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
6
0
/15
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
7
0
/13
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
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