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