Is This One Better?
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
/6
Ndola
is
working
today
hard
Mr
Mr
Ndola
is
working
hard
today
2
0
/16
queue
and
store
up
packed
to
early
he
into
town
Yesterday
up
at
go
the
hardware
Yesterday
he
packed
up
early
to
go
into
town
and
queue
up
at
the
hardware
store
3
0
/15
he
a
shipment
badly
one
They
of
and
had
in
to
get
hoes
new
wanted
They
had
a
new
shipment
of
hoes
in
and
he
badly
wanted
to
get
one
4
0
/6
poor
His
very
was
last
hoe
His
last
hoe
was
very
poor
5
0
/36
not
it
was
was
chance
saying
out
it
sent
ripped
off
bought
it
to
the
back
he
he
unhappy
did
and
very
it
before
he
he
try
company
and
that
to
with
He
felt
get
a
He
felt
he
was
ripped
off
and
sent
it
back
to
the
company
saying
that
he
did
not
get
a
chance
to
try
it
out
before
he
bought
it
and
he
was
very
unhappy
with
it
6
0
/18
it
back
and
said
already
his
they
had
him
would
just
not
The
used
he
give
money
company
The
company
just
said
he
had
used
it
already
and
they
would
not
give
him
his
money
back
7
0
/18
the
is
his
putting
energy
his
twice
hoe
into
is
Now
new
he
work
very
and
working
well
Now
his
new
hoe
is
working
very
well
and
he
is
putting
twice
the
energy
into
his
work
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