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