Keeping his Girl

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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After daughter with their a Maris he his him took off city to girlfriend new with broke
After Maris broke off with his girlfriend he took their daughter with him to a new city
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daughter and to his the new girlfriend had her turn over His authorities in ex their wanted he to
His ex girlfriend wanted their daughter and he had to turn her over to the authorities in his new
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to city He wanted really keep his
city He really wanted to keep his
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prove he social her to of to had He daughter that a care take could
daughter He had to prove that he could take care of her to a social
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girlfriend so most of his worked the his Finally worker could with an that have ex he agreement he daughter out
worker Finally he worked out an agreement with his ex girlfriend so that he could have his daughter most of the
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When they read time contract he that actually get his before could him he a made daughter did over
time When he did that they made him read over a contract before he could actually get his daughter
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would or she she again every up eat would that She had him so not without after sad throw been eating
again She had been so sad without him that she would not eat or she would throw up after eating every
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they time together very again Now and are
time Now they are together again and very
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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