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