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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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0
/10
unusual
and
man
bit
was
a
a
good
Fiorello
Mancini
Fiorello
Mancini
was
a
good
man
and
a
bit
unusual
2
0
/9
he
promises
his
was
kept
politician
He
a
and
He
was
a
politician
and
he
kept
his
promises
3
0
/18
he
as
liked
open
what
as
was
He
and
he
could
about
promised
very
to
careful
be
he
He
was
very
careful
about
what
he
promised
and
he
liked
to
be
as
open
as
he
could
4
0
/13
few
secrets
kept
heavy
dangerous
very
secrets
said
because
are
and
he
I
I
kept
very
few
secrets
he
said
because
secrets
are
heavy
and
dangerous
5
0
/19
even
were
in
difficult
and
if
very
were
keep
town
didn't
open
you
his
secrets
more
and
Politics
difficult
Politics
in
his
town
were
very
difficult
and
even
more
difficult
if
you
were
open
and
didn't
keep
secrets
6
0
/20
never
politics
needed
kept
kept
me
enough
to
I
quiet
who
friends
I
kept
I
help
in
and
alive
because
I
kept
alive
in
politics
because
I
kept
enough
friends
who
needed
to
help
me
and
I
never
kept
quiet
7
0
/4
are
forgotten
politicians
Quiet
Quiet
politicians
are
forgotten
8
0
/18
things
than
doing
he
less
was
who
politicians
the
By
honest
these
were
he
with
kept
other
up
By
doing
these
things
he
kept
up
with
the
other
politicians
who
were
less
honest
than
he
was
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