Longing For Equality
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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/11
his
Craig
southern
in
friends
Africa
were
that
things
told
difficult
Craig
told
his
friends
that
things
were
difficult
in
southern
Africa
2
0
/17
there
help
now
in
work
a
and
used
Craig
volunteer
children
wants
he
Africa
to
to
as
Craig
used
to
work
there
as
a
volunteer
and
now
he
wants
to
help
children
in
Africa
3
0
/14
friends
child
his
chip
a
to
support
foster
Unicef
in
through
asked
to
He
He
asked
his
friends
to
chip
in
to
support
a
foster
child
through
Unicef
4
0
/10
his
up
one
phoning
been
has
friends
one
by
He
He
has
been
phoning
his
friends
up
one
by
one
5
0
/22
a
very
for
He
off
problems
economic
are
Africa
level
time
told
won't
hard
long
that
the
they
them
on
new
and
He
told
them
that
the
new
economic
problems
are
very
hard
on
Africa
and
they
won't
level
off
for
a
long
time
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0
/13
ten
to
in
help
He
chipping
by
friends
for
holding
is
out
him
He
is
holding
out
for
ten
friends
to
help
him
by
chipping
in
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0
/16
world
people
Craig
an
for
he
idealist
and
fair
a
are
is
where
equal
all
longs
Craig
is
an
idealist
and
he
longs
for
a
fair
world
where
all
people
are
equal
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