Jakub's Love

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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girlfriend loves Jakub letters to from read his
Jakub loves to read letters from his girlfriend
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letter asked at and over last house stay In visit if she could she his parents her come
In her last letter she asked if she could come visit and stay over at his parents house
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Miklos There letters up a best was friend mix her got letter and his of
There was a mix up of letters and his best friend Miklos got her letter
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come and and her she stay Miklos to told did over
Miklos told her to come and stay over and she did
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Jakub's house was take It and to the a problem upset big very over friend because she tried was
It was a big problem because she tried to take over the house and Jakub's friend was very upset
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to his came up He she parents story a to why about tried make
He tried to make up a story to his parents about why she came
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more got very had girl the Miklos get parents They his even got before finally and angry and away angry to
They got very angry and finally Miklos and the girl had to get away before his parents got even more angry
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to every letter much because about laugh Jakub fun Now so looks these forward are problems to later
Now Jakub looks forward to every letter because these problems are so much fun to laugh about later
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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