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