Friends For Lunch - disappearing H

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 natural speed speech fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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Mary is friend Sandra’s
Mary is Sandra’s friend
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tasting both like great food eating They
They both like eating great tasting food
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go often a restaurant So together they to
So they often go to a restaurant together
Listen
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to Mary scheduler and going forward makes weeks appointments out for in her friend in looks her advance with
Mary makes appointments in her scheduler for weeks in advance and looks forward to going out with her friend
Listen
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her about often she never scheduler Sandra in writes appointments them because the forgets
Sandra often forgets about the appointments because she never writes them in her scheduler
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them tries head in She her but keep forgets often she to
She tries to keep them in her head but she often forgets
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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 natural speed speech 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