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