Brushing Teeth - 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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going he to like dentist doesn't because day brushes Phil his teeth the a twice
Phil brushes his teeth twice a day because he doesn't like going to the dentist
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to he a cavities his he lot and young got didn't of he was teeth like When brush
When he was young he didn't like to brush his teeth and he got a lot of cavities
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brushes after the teeth he in Now his morning breakfast
Now he brushes his teeth after breakfast in the morning
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early breakfast teeth and gets up always He enough to shower his have brush
He always gets up early enough to shower have breakfast and brush his teeth
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get course And of dressed
And get dressed of course
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a bad He toothpaste stop it mouth these thinks he feel cleaner toothpaste and he salty always helps breath is uses using days but because his makes it
He always uses toothpaste but these days he is using a salty toothpaste because it makes his mouth feel cleaner and he thinks it helps stop bad breath
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water for out rinses sink the two mouth minutes his and the into about spits brushing toothpaste After he with
After brushing for about two minutes he spits out the toothpaste into the sink and rinses his mouth with water
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he in and cleans it toothbrush Then cup sink puts beside the the the
Then he cleans the toothbrush and puts it in the cup beside the sink
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with goes morning Then rest on of his the he
Then he goes on with the rest of his morning
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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