set (fast english)

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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Genevieve shop her ago years set up
Genevieve set up her shop years ago
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the helpers several years She employed over
She employed several helpers over the years
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bad to for a They her while the relationship liked went work but after
They liked to work for her but after a while the relationship went bad
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was reality in and not them she that Finally managing she set well realised
Finally reality set in and she realised that she was not managing them well
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the to She do needed up system to follow done a work set she them for
She set up a system for them to follow to do the work she needed done
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solution this when found engineering talked computer a to friend she She
She found this solution when she talked to a computer engineering friend
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spoke way he in The bell head set off her a
The way he spoke set off a bell in her head
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a her set make business for system to She out
She set out to make a system for her business
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worked It
It worked
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print new down to introduced and new the in it system staff She member a set
She set down the new system in print and introduced it to a new staff member
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the out strictly follow to deliberately she set system Then
Then she set out to deliberately follow the system strictly
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this how she so thought always they was They things the did same did
They thought this was how she always did things so they did the same
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success a Now is her business big
Now her business is a big success
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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