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
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with with lunch Having is a Maurice ritual almost friends
Having lunch with friends is almost a ritual with Maurice
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the the dropped a of docks on near cranes few while A Maurice weeks one ago load working
A few weeks ago while working on the docks one of the cranes dropped a load near Maurice
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hit burst contents It into Maurice him and the water knocking the
It burst and the contents hit Maurice knocking him into the water
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dry him from they pain lifted when pain as in his first to him the off he dock the At tried onto but passed cried friends out out he
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
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medical in had of to a that money after over bills He fork lot
He had to fork over a lot of money in medical bills after that
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knows the He even to and man angry couldn't mistake the he who so made man the talk was
He knows the man who made the mistake and was so angry he couldn't even talk to the man
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time he right looks sees Now that just every he man through him
Now every time he sees that man he just looks right through him
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man He lunch of with course never has that
He never has lunch with that man of course
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how common phrasal verbs are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence