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