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