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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
1
0
/10
and
bit
Fiorello
a
good
man
was
unusual
Mancini
a
Fiorello
Mancini
was
a
good
man
and
a
bit
unusual
2
0
/9
He
his
kept
politician
was
promises
and
he
a
He
was
a
politician
and
he
kept
his
promises
3
0
/18
liked
as
careful
was
what
He
he
he
he
to
about
be
and
very
could
open
as
promised
He
was
very
careful
about
what
he
promised
and
he
liked
to
be
as
open
as
he
could
4
0
/13
heavy
he
kept
dangerous
very
because
are
few
and
said
secrets
secrets
I
I
kept
very
few
secrets
he
said
because
secrets
are
heavy
and
dangerous
5
0
/19
keep
and
even
very
Politics
in
his
you
secrets
open
if
town
more
were
difficult
were
and
didn't
difficult
Politics
in
his
town
were
very
difficult
and
even
more
difficult
if
you
were
open
and
didn't
keep
secrets
6
0
/20
I
to
in
politics
who
because
help
me
friends
alive
quiet
needed
kept
kept
enough
kept
never
and
I
I
I
kept
alive
in
politics
because
I
kept
enough
friends
who
needed
to
help
me
and
I
never
kept
quiet
7
0
/4
politicians
forgotten
Quiet
are
Quiet
politicians
are
forgotten
8
0
/18
who
things
doing
politicians
other
these
honest
was
less
kept
with
than
up
he
he
the
By
were
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