Laundry - 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 his a does once laundry week
Phil does his laundry once a week
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He doesn't so days to time Monday works Friday to from laundry on the have do he those
He works from Monday to Friday so he doesn't have time to do the laundry on those days
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does he Saturday of does laundry out the laundry He sometimes on Sunday usually the but on then he clothes runs so
He usually does the laundry on Sunday but sometimes he runs out of clothes on Saturday so he does the laundry then
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daily clothes week laundry can Phil his clothes the end enough bought and at do of he change that all still the
Phil bought enough clothes that he can change clothes daily and still do all his laundry at the end of the week
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dress on he socks of five and dress shirts has five pairs so So
So he has five pairs of dress socks five dress shirts and so on
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always he That has for week to enough a way last
That way he always has enough to last for a week
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water does he warm his laundry When he uses
When he does his laundry he uses warm water
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the and machine top in laundry on liquid detergent He puts adds washing the his
He puts his laundry in the washing machine and adds the liquid detergent on top
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on he closes lid and the the Then turns water
Then he turns on the water and closes the lid
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automatic he have how doesn't to The so is water laundry about think machine much add to
The laundry machine is automatic so he doesn't have to think about how much water to add
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by adds always detergent He feel
He always adds detergent by feel
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of as adds load that He he detergent laundry as thinks much needs
He adds as much detergent as he thinks that load of laundry needs
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loads does always laundry He two of
He always does two loads of laundry
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One most clothing pants his is like load of shirts and
One load is most of his clothing like shirts and pants
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his separate other he laundry load and socks wants The underwear the like is
The other load is the laundry he wants separate like his socks and underwear
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the and dryer the it he finished together forty After for about it minutes puts washing all machine dries is in all
After the washing machine is finished he puts it all in the dryer together and dries it all for about forty minutes
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is enough That whole the usually dry load to
That is usually enough to dry the whole load
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in cling that clothes sheet He don't static stick anti static by so puts electricity an the together
He puts in an anti static cling sheet so that the clothes don't stick together by static electricity
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them clothes away and for his Then next week folds puts the he
Then he folds his clothes and puts them away for the next week
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it for He and him this likes routine easy is
He likes this routine and it is easy for him
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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