Hard Facts
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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0
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to
and
live
they
slums
in
dying
now
escape
are
the
Lakshmi
Pratiba
Lakshmi
and
Pratiba
are
dying
to
escape
the
slums
they
live
in
now
2
0
/12
any
improve
want
They
on
in
to
they
way
can
situation
their
They
want
to
improve
on
their
situation
in
any
way
they
can
3
0
/9
they
even
shopkeeper
money
from
Once
a
stole
some
Once
they
even
stole
some
money
from
a
shopkeeper
4
0
/17
police
it
to
get
however
over
the
away
had
the
money
to
They
hand
didn't
with
and
They
didn't
get
away
with
it
however
and
had
to
hand
over
the
money
to
the
police
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0
/32
to
live
town
Now
that
in
shanty
to
a
will
have
time
the
very
if
go
are
up
face
trying
to
hard
they
they
they
the
leaving
school
fact
difficult
they
cannot
Now
they
are
trying
to
face
up
to
the
hard
fact
that
if
they
cannot
go
to
school
they
will
have
a
very
difficult
time
leaving
the
shanty
town
they
live
in
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