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