Suspension

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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military year a joined one academy ago Jeremy
Jeremy joined a military academy one year ago
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life has been difficult Since then
Since then life has been difficult
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all tease classmates him the His time
His classmates tease him all the time
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his put to away some teacher equipment day One asked him
One day his teacher asked him to put away some equipment
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took Jeremy other did it again but Jeremy students it left out after
Jeremy did it but other students took it out again after Jeremy left
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Jeremy trouble to up set get in They
They set up Jeremy to get in trouble
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angry at His yelled and Jeremy was teacher
His teacher was angry and yelled at Jeremy
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fight in other with the Jeremy got students a Later
Later Jeremy got in a fight with the other students
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the was Jeremy and His asked fight fighting up teacher why broke he
His teacher broke up the fight and asked Jeremy why he was fighting
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want equipment the up bring problem did Jeremy didn't he but to
Jeremy didn't want to bring up the equipment problem but he did
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would teacher said look His he into it
His teacher said he would look into it
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Now his Jeremy teacher is learned hear waiting what to
Now Jeremy is waiting to hear what his teacher learned
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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

More Phrasal_verbs Practice

After mastering this word order exercise, continue with these related phrasal_verbs practice stories: