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