Late Homework

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 idiomatic expressions fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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school very attends Tom a strict
Tom attends a very strict school
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of is done angry give teachers The it lot they a and homework not get if
The teachers give a lot of homework and they get angry if it is not done
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Tom homework One lost day his
One day Tom lost his homework
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looking turned room it down upside his He for
He turned his room upside down looking for it
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He it find couldn't
He couldn't find it
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he make better I'd On to the today school myself thought way scarce
On the way to school he thought I'd better make myself scarce today
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for the to like homework class a he cat a waiting tin ask In hot roof was the for teacher on
In class he was like a cat on a hot tin roof waiting for the teacher to ask for the homework
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the class way had fire go half there outside a drill through class About was to and whole
About half way through class there was a fire drill and the whole class had to go outside
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was clear The coast
The coast was clear
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was safe another day He for
He was safe for another day
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on he did his Later with in it homework Tom pride and handed find
Later on Tom did find his homework and he handed it in with pride
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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 idiomatic expressions 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