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