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