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