Elroy

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 test vocabulary and expressions fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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a group a just finished investors Elroy with meeting of
Elroy just finished a meeting with a group of investors
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in them to wants expand he business internet business a team his can hire it the invest develop that He to so and
He wants them to invest in his internet business so that he can expand it and hire a team to develop the business
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develop He friendly had first first words he them because at a formally avoiding to addressed relationship knew he
He addressed them formally avoiding friendly words at first because he knew he had to develop a relationship first
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responses information each developing body gather their different language that strategy evaluating and to His words investor their after to the by was observing relationship about for
His strategy for developing the relationship was to gather information about each investor by observing their body language and evaluating their responses to different words after that
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a in knowledge he spoke that way using friendly Then
Then using that knowledge he spoke in a friendly way
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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 test vocabulary and expressions 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