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