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