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