Scent of an Angry Man
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
/10
very
weeks
Mustafah
nephew
ago
three
at
angry
was
his
Mustafah
was
very
angry
at
his
nephew
three
weeks
ago
2
0
/18
musk
raising
is
cats
for
not
decent
hard
civet
Mustafah
and
earns
income
rich
works
he
but
a
Mustafah
works
hard
raising
civet
cats
for
musk
and
earns
a
decent
income
but
he
is
not
rich
3
0
/15
one
friends
and
got
His
carried
drinking
University
at
studies
nephew
with
night
away
his
His
nephew
studies
at
University
and
got
carried
away
one
night
drinking
with
his
friends
4
0
/18
causing
of
dozed
a
a
accident
car
lot
home
and
drove
nephew
As
damage
his
off
he
had
As
his
nephew
drove
home
he
dozed
off
and
had
a
car
accident
causing
a
lot
of
damage
5
0
/18
for
out
more
damage
nephew
his
than
Mustafah
his
bail
pay
It
had
and
was
parents
could
to
It
was
more
damage
than
his
parents
could
pay
for
and
Mustafah
had
to
bail
his
nephew
out
6
0
/8
his
debts
he
has
Now
trouble
own
paying
Now
he
has
trouble
paying
his
own
debts
7
0
/8
his
can't
wish
knows
he
away
He
problems
He
knows
he
can't
wish
away
his
problems
8
0
/22
family
adds
Mustafah
up
almost
talked
a
brother
very
nephew
for
not
to
weeks
his
or
and
This
to
three
has
unhappy
This
adds
up
to
a
very
unhappy
family
and
Mustafah
has
not
talked
to
his
brother
or
nephew
for
almost
three
weeks
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