Cleaning Out the Spirit
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
/7
years
Mashuma
discrimination
fighting
for
been
has
Mashuma
has
been
fighting
discrimination
for
years
2
0
/16
of
discriminate
and
thinks
the
people
because
only
they
of
goodness
ignorance
believes
in
inner
She
She
believes
in
the
inner
goodness
of
people
and
thinks
they
only
discriminate
because
of
ignorance
3
0
/15
and
a
her
hospital
in
she
a
white
worked
Once
down
on
always
patient
looked
Once
she
worked
in
a
hospital
and
a
white
patient
always
looked
down
on
her
4
0
/17
hook
She
things
only
to
up
unkind
him
a
to
television
said
for
her
he
had
and
She
had
to
hook
up
a
television
for
him
and
he
only
said
unkind
things
to
her
5
0
/9
actually
that
alcoholic
ironic
because
It
was
was
patient
It
was
ironic
because
that
patient
was
actually
alcoholic
6
0
/21
but
to
finally
his
a
from
alcohol
doctor
had
in
sickness
got
liver
away
stay
for
His
warned
years
him
he
His
doctor
had
warned
him
to
stay
away
from
alcohol
for
years
but
he
finally
got
a
sickness
in
his
liver
7
0
/9
much
he
kinder
Mashuma
was
than
and
was
stronger
Mashuma
was
much
stronger
and
kinder
than
he
was
8
0
/17
he
she
him
that
a
good
finally
her
on
and
stopped
down
was
convinced
person
She
looking
She
finally
convinced
him
that
she
was
a
good
person
and
he
stopped
looking
down
on
her
9
0
/11
felt
helped
out
day
someone
spirit
she
that
She
their
clean
She
felt
she
helped
someone
clean
out
their
spirit
that
day
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