Brushing Hair - daily

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 everyday conversational patterns fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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Phil a after morning his taking shower hair every brushes
Phil brushes his hair every morning after taking a shower
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sheen him nice a give his hair that His told would it mother
His mother told him that it would give his hair a nice sheen
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shopping a item for small He have brush doesn't uses go because time very a such he old to
He uses a very old brush because he doesn't have time to go shopping for such a small item
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mother brushing in the his hair her always morning remembers He
He always remembers his mother brushing her hair in the morning
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She strokes to with one her hair hundred used everyday brush
She used to brush her hair with one hundred strokes everyday
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habits brush doesn't have slowly hair still brushes in to his and he of lots need but Phil doesn't he die old hair and it Now fact
Now Phil doesn't have lots of hair and in fact he doesn't need to brush it but old habits die slowly and he still brushes his hair
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it top of his the across brushes He head
He brushes it across the top of his head
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cover his cover this might hair his bald spot than can but He larger help much spot his bald is thinks
He thinks this might help cover his bald spot but his bald spot is much larger than his hair can cover
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to of in a few lines then go gel a to hair bit it he place head gets of hold his uses and across He
He gets a few lines of hair to go across his head and then he uses a bit of gel to hold it in place
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the the he needs him to This gives every morning house leave confidence
This gives him the confidence he needs to leave the house every morning
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bad spray environment ago He to that he that use stopped the hair for years used was but it he heard using so
He used to use hair spray but he heard that it was bad for the environment so he stopped using that years ago
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so to a is still the shower it hair brush takes His minute do and from easy damp is it him to only
His hair is still damp from the shower so it is easy to brush and it only takes him a minute to do
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prepare that the Still for routine him his part day of helps and it is
Still it is part of his routine and that helps him prepare for the day
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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 everyday conversational patterns 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