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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
/9
am
Sandra
thirty
at
house
left
her
seven
everyday
Sandra
left
her
house
at
seven
thirty
am
everyday
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0
/8
be
to
earlier
than
needed
was
This
it
This
was
earlier
than
it
needed
to
be
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0
/18
work
wanted
still
She
seven
if
she
for
on
and
fifty
at
could
to
have
time
be
left
She
could
have
left
at
seven
fifty
and
still
be
on
time
for
work
if
she
wanted
to
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0
/17
to
way
because
But
park
she
work
through
to
walk
early
left
the
she
on
liked
the
But
she
left
early
because
she
liked
to
walk
through
the
park
on
the
way
to
work
5
0
/12
of
the
beautiful
she
in
a
the
morning
Sometimes
took
photograph
park
Sometimes
she
took
a
photograph
in
the
park
of
the
beautiful
morning
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0
/27
dinner
at
of
on
the
it
enjoy
husband’s
her
the
a
so
left
If
table
it
he
good
at
copy
she
too
photograph
place
time
was
could
If
the
photograph
was
good
she
left
a
copy
of
it
on
her
husband’s
place
at
the
table
at
dinner
time
so
he
could
enjoy
it
too
7
0
/13
at
work
she
everyday
left
and
Dinner
at
ten
six
was
five
almost
Dinner
was
at
six
and
she
left
work
at
five
ten
almost
everyday
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0
/19
could
home
she
few
time
minutes
home
husband
enough
a
with
to
Then
before
relax
her
be
got
for
Then
she
could
be
home
with
enough
time
to
relax
for
a
few
minutes
before
her
husband
got
home
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