Rusty Swimmers
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
1
0
/3
Micheal
see
cannot
Micheal
cannot
see
2
0
/9
to
week
every
swimming
and
wants
loves
He
go
He
loves
swimming
and
wants
to
go
every
week
3
0
/16
Larry
and
to
they
asks
always
along
to
the
friend
His
him
together
pool
swim
come
His
friend
Larry
always
asks
him
to
come
along
to
the
pool
and
they
swim
together
4
0
/14
Micheal
Micheal
Once
next
Larry
angry
the
ask
and
was
not
did
very
day
Once
Larry
did
not
ask
Micheal
and
the
next
day
Micheal
was
very
angry
5
0
/11
hit
visit
went
to
Micheal
him
to
Micheal
tried
Larry
and
Larry
went
to
visit
Micheal
and
Micheal
tried
to
hit
him
6
0
/13
Micheal
mess
not
him
Larry
because
he
karate
with
told
studied
to
had
Larry
told
Micheal
not
to
mess
with
him
because
he
had
studied
karate
7
0
/9
You
said
just
in
practiced
years
Micheal
Ha
haven't
Micheal
just
said
Ha
You
haven't
practiced
in
years
8
0
/6
are
just
skills
Your
rusting
away
Your
skills
are
just
rusting
away
9
0
/5
shrugged
just
left
and
Larry
Larry
just
shrugged
and
left
10
0
/8
what
both
did
felt
bad
about
They
they
They
both
felt
bad
about
what
they
did
11
0
/8
things
patched
A
later
days
they
few
up
A
few
days
later
they
patched
things
up
12
0
/13
off
thinks
him
him
Larry
Larry
let
thinks
off
Micheal
and
Micheal
let
Larry
thinks
Micheal
let
him
off
and
Micheal
thinks
Larry
let
him
off
13
0
/6
Now
they
together
swim
without
fail
Now
they
swim
together
without
fail
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