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