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