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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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with met a people expectation something new fresh Julia good of always
Julia always met new people with a fresh expectation of something good
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It good the feel other made person
It made the other person feel good
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good eye and gave She to a handshake them always firm eye met
She met them eye to eye and always gave a good firm handshake
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the same challenges way She met
She met challenges the same way
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and a friends knew all it good She challenge from something expected her
She expected something good from a challenge and her friends all knew it
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they did people being she her the same good as had and standards expectations as They met
They met her standards as being good people and they had the same expectations as she did
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met the nights her work She with friends after way on on Friday home up
She met up with her friends on Friday nights after work on the way home
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restaurant a or together maybe and same beer go to as the and to liked have well dinner They two
They liked to go to the same restaurant and have dinner together and maybe a beer or two as well
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could promised sometime meet the weekend if over to Then they again all they up
Then they all promised to meet up again sometime over the weekend if they could
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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