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