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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0
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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
2
0
/17
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
3
0
/14
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
4
0
/10
one
He
up
one
been
phoning
friends
his
by
has
He
has
been
phoning
his
friends
up
one
by
one
5
0
/22
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
6
0
/13
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
7
0
/16
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
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