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