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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
breakfast
Madison
before
ran
every
almost
the
streets
in
morning
Madison
ran
in
the
streets
almost
every
morning
before
breakfast
2
0
/8
feel
She
ran
good
and
fit
to
keep
She
ran
to
keep
fit
and
feel
good
3
0
/19
needed
politician
is
health
hard
was
She
very
because
for
a
keep
she
office
running
and
her
to
work
She
needed
to
keep
her
health
because
she
was
a
politician
and
running
for
office
is
very
hard
work
4
0
/11
usually
years
four
office
won
ran
She
for
and
every
she
She
ran
for
office
every
four
years
and
usually
she
won
5
0
/15
up
amazing
would
ran
because
shock
government
that
most
It
was
deficit
people
a
her
It
was
amazing
because
her
government
ran
up
a
deficit
that
would
shock
most
people
6
0
/14
she
for
debt
they
Since
ran
about
much
office
know
the
didn’t
government
municipal
Since
she
ran
for
municipal
office
they
didn’t
know
much
about
the
government
debt
7
0
/10
city
needed
But
of
she
help
running
lot
a
the
But
she
needed
a
lot
of
help
running
the
city
8
0
/15
in
of
she
of
time
out
her
She
most
talked
because
ran
meetings
much
too
She
ran
out
of
time
in
most
of
her
meetings
because
she
talked
too
much
9
0
/11
time
her
She
manage
well
help
to
assistant
her
needed
an
She
needed
an
assistant
to
help
her
manage
her
time
well
10
0
/12
she
breakfast
was
before
the
In
thing
fact
one
running
did
best
In
fact
the
one
thing
she
did
best
was
running
before
breakfast
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