Mothambo Milk Program

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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keep school Mothambo in with have up their boys The than studies more to elementary
The boys in Mothambo elementary school have to keep up with more than their studies
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each in farm also keep with have working other on to up the They
They also have to keep up with each other in working on the farm
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eat poor years they school healthy lunches ago not and could was their Four very
Four years ago their school was very poor and they could not eat healthy lunches
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to began boys Soon out drop
Soon boys began to drop out
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cheer man a up them from day village in the dropped to One friendly
One day a friendly man from the village dropped in to cheer them up
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to try money keeping by suggested they He raise cows
He suggested they try to raise money by keeping cows
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work drink and Now also get cows raise cows the to fresh they hard the they milk to from
Now they work hard to raise the cows and they also get fresh milk to drink from the cows
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the sometimes problem of to ride is they some only boys The off like the cows fall and
The only problem is some of the boys like to ride the cows and sometimes they fall off
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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