Highway Garden

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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get of money the to bleak she way Anna needed had out Without life no her
Without the money she needed Anna had no way to get out of her bleak life
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the saying have They training at down she her turned enough job didn't interview
They turned her down at the job interview saying she didn't have enough training
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company for who than And Anna that knew a job could do better other worked women the she
And Anna knew she could do a better job than the other women who worked for that company
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training asked she for worst was husband when to her saying and he part by no her get money The down let the
The worst part was when she asked her husband for the money to get training and he let her down by saying no
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problem she get she knew this that But over could
But she knew that she could get over this problem
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get figure training money for way was All do her she a to the out had to
All she had to do was figure out a way to get the money for her training
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growing land is vegetables on the under a she small freeway of Now plot
Now she is growing vegetables on a small plot of land under the freeway
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market on Saturday money saves the in the She them sells for training her and
She sells them in the market on Saturday and saves the money for her training
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She solver great problem a is
She is a great problem solver
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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