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