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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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Ndola is working today hard Mr
Mr Ndola is working hard today
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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
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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
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poor His very was last hoe
His last hoe was very poor
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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
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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
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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
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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