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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 grammar patterns fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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in sand Lisa the Edward and playing together love
Lisa and Edward love playing in the sand together
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are in old They Sunday almost both with for they year years four have played sandbox a cars and the on
They are both four years old and they have played with cars in the sandbox on Sunday for almost a year
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Edward Lisa dug to with and dug has make has buildings tunnels up sand
Lisa has dug tunnels and Edward has dug up sand to make buildings with
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for They getting tired have without afternoon dug every hours
They have dug for hours every afternoon without getting tired
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carefully not dug very sand the Lisa do collapse so week has Every tunnels the through
Every week Lisa has dug through the sand very carefully so the tunnels do not collapse
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of the corner has dug sandbox Edward moist to get the into the sand
Edward has dug into the corner of the sandbox to get the moist sand
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better for building he with is thinks That
That is better for building with he thinks
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playing sandbox of Their in have them pictures how mothers like they digging to much the taken show them
Their mothers have taken pictures of them playing in the sandbox to show them how much they like digging
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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 grammar patterns 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