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