Poor as a Churchmouse
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
1
0
/8
Heart
dining
a
like
king
is
tonight
Gerald
Gerald
Heart
is
dining
like
a
king
tonight
2
0
/24
it
one
as
he
this
dust
and
as
can
to
as
is
much
to
enjoy
A
he
big
as
meal
gold
like
wants
him
A
meal
as
big
as
this
one
is
like
gold
dust
to
him
and
he
wants
to
enjoy
it
as
much
as
he
can
3
0
/20
close
however
has
going
to
He
he
because
to
the
is
eating
a
soon
in
get
is
on
move
cafe
He
has
to
get
a
move
on
however
because
the
cafe
he
is
eating
in
is
going
to
close
soon
4
0
/20
as
as
piece
a
church
drop
poor
but
Gerald
paper
today
he
man
wealthy
is
a
saw
a
mouse
of
Gerald
is
as
poor
as
a
church
mouse
but
today
he
saw
a
wealthy
man
drop
a
piece
of
paper
5
0
/15
and
it
Gerald
man
Like
it
there
picking
a
to
was
the
up
shot
giving
Like
a
shot
Gerald
was
there
picking
it
up
and
giving
it
to
the
man
6
0
/21
a
it
was
bill
very
since
important
it
fit
know
of
the
didn't
That
piece
he
and
paper
dropped
the
man
That
fit
the
bill
since
it
was
a
very
important
piece
of
paper
and
the
man
didn't
know
he
dropped
it
7
0
/13
help
and
for
a
was
gave
wealthy
The
tip
man
his
very
Gerald
The
man
was
very
wealthy
and
gave
Gerald
a
tip
for
his
help
8
0
/20
tonight
buy
in
enough
tip
he
celebrating
to
is
cafe
was
food
and
for
big
a
this
That
week
Gerald
That
tip
was
big
enough
to
buy
Gerald
food
for
a
week
and
tonight
he
is
celebrating
in
this
cafe
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 idiomatic expressions 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