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