drive-past
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
1
0
/4
drive
Darleen
to
liked
Darleen
liked
to
drive
2
0
/7
hobby
it
she
considered
In
her
fact
In
fact
she
considered
it
her
hobby
3
0
/21
When
every
about
for
down
or
forty
the
park
stopped
work
weekend
she
by
minutes
week
thirty
she
drove
the
for
When
she
stopped
work
for
the
weekend
she
drove
down
by
the
park
for
about
thirty
or
forty
minutes
every
week
4
0
/16
new
or
drove
she
On
almost
for
mornings
a
to
always
three
two
hours
Saturday
place
On
Saturday
mornings
she
drove
for
two
or
three
hours
almost
always
to
a
new
place
5
0
/18
for
day
to
meeting
if
could
she
him
business
a
drive
her
a
hotel
brother
her
One
asked
One
day
her
brother
asked
her
if
she
could
drive
him
to
a
hotel
for
a
business
meeting
6
0
/14
and
away
a
was
without
there
right
drove
knew
it
where
She
him
question
She
knew
where
it
was
right
away
and
drove
him
there
without
a
question
7
0
/19
was
her
and
drove
He
and
than
her
she
told
thanked
that
better
that
a
better
too
taxi
she
He
told
her
that
she
was
better
than
a
taxi
and
that
she
drove
better
too
and
thanked
her
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence