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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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runs everyday Madison
Madison runs everyday
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years run Madison for has breakfast before
Madison has run before breakfast for years
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feel to and keep good likes run fit She to
She likes to run to keep fit and feel good
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is to is running needs She health and work because a very keep politician she office hard her for
She needs to keep her health because she is a politician and running for office is very hard work
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office every years She has run sixteen four years for for
She has run for office every four years for sixteen years
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She winning elections keeps the
She keeps winning the elections
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debt most It government because her is that a up shock amazing citizens run has would
It is amazing because her government has run up a debt that would shock most citizens
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a are people of election debt Since not the is many it local aware
Since it is a local election many people are not aware of the debt
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But help a she running of needs city the lot
But she needs a lot of help running the city
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much in because most out She time her run talks meetings she of too of has
She has run out of time in most of her meetings because she talks too much
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an her her time She well needs to help assistant manage
She needs an assistant to help her manage her time well
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does running the before she thing fact breakfast best In is one
In fact the one thing she does best is running before breakfast
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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