Feeling Invisible
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
/10
with
almost
Maurice
ritual
Having
friends
lunch
is
with
a
Having
lunch
with
friends
is
almost
a
ritual
with
Maurice
2
0
/18
of
cranes
a
A
while
the
docks
on
few
near
working
one
weeks
dropped
load
the
ago
Maurice
A
few
weeks
ago
while
working
on
the
docks
one
of
the
cranes
dropped
a
load
near
Maurice
3
0
/12
water
and
the
knocking
the
him
into
Maurice
It
hit
contents
burst
It
burst
and
the
contents
hit
Maurice
knocking
him
into
the
water
4
0
/29
pain
first
pain
in
cried
lifted
friends
off
dock
to
him
out
when
out
onto
passed
from
dry
the
as
they
his
tried
but
he
he
At
the
him
At
first
he
cried
out
in
pain
as
his
friends
lifted
him
onto
the
dock
but
when
they
tried
to
dry
him
off
he
passed
out
from
the
pain
5
0
/14
money
in
to
over
that
bills
lot
He
had
a
medical
of
fork
after
He
had
to
fork
over
a
lot
of
money
in
medical
bills
after
that
6
0
/19
who
couldn't
He
man
mistake
to
the
man
angry
and
was
so
talk
knows
he
the
even
made
the
He
knows
the
man
who
made
the
mistake
and
was
so
angry
he
couldn't
even
talk
to
the
man
7
0
/13
right
that
time
Now
every
just
looks
man
through
he
him
sees
he
Now
every
time
he
sees
that
man
he
just
looks
right
through
him
8
0
/9
never
that
course
with
lunch
of
has
man
He
He
never
has
lunch
with
that
man
of
course
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