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