Samuel's Good Books

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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with work kids to Samuel loves
Samuel loves to work with kids
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because good the kids children it with particularly him and out lot he at a He love is hangs
He is particularly good at it because he hangs out with children a lot and the kids love him
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Samuel day bubble At party running a noticed a boy girl's one with toy one
At a bubble party one day Samuel noticed one boy running with a girl's toy
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out These things jump him of at just kind
These kind of things just jump out at him
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the fell slippery in started Of over both and they crying course bubbles
Of course they both fell over in the slippery bubbles and started crying
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the back give made for both bubbles toy down the the running in Samuel dressed them boy and
Samuel dressed them both down for running in the bubbles and made the boy give the toy back
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themselves falling Samuel apologised over were after they soon They to help and
They apologised and soon after they were falling over themselves to help Samuel
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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