The Lazy Man's Eyes - 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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report the Henry read
Henry read the report
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it was very not written well by was but Emery It written
It was written by Emery but it was not very well written
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Henry report down at file slowly put his and his looked
Henry put his report down slowly and looked at his file
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not it was and read the why Henry in that knew high could he file salary his
Henry could read his salary in the file and he knew why it was not that high
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was effort his in best not putting Emery
Emery was not putting in his best effort
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little he a already knew was Emery knew Emery little only Henry a bit lazy but
Henry knew Emery only a little bit but he already knew Emery was a little lazy
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knew he a lazy in eyes Henry his when man looked
Henry knew a lazy man when he looked in his eyes
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you could knew if eyes you He his look laziness how in knew to see
He knew you could see laziness in his eyes if you knew how to look
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too in eyes He Emery's laziness seen had
He had seen laziness in Emery's eyes too
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less become knew now he helped he lazy he report Emery Emery's he Emery's increase read until not salary had And would and had
And now he had read Emery's report and he knew he would not increase Emery's salary until he had helped Emery become less lazy
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He to out days Emery and a bad work few point habits his watch planned for work
He planned to watch Emery work and point out his bad work habits for a few days
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Then a month change he there see to was if would any wait
Then he would wait a month to see if there was any change
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man almost a always work help could quality and Henry work his increase harder
Henry could almost always help a man work harder and increase his work quality
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was man good a Henry
Henry was a good man
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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

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