Riding to Work
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
delivery
bicycle
business
a
runs
Anwar
with
his
Anwar
runs
a
delivery
business
with
his
bicycle
2
0
/15
were
and
very
city
rains
at
the
was
Last
and
sevens
year
sixes
bad
the
Last
year
the
rains
were
very
bad
and
the
city
was
at
sixes
and
sevens
3
0
/20
deaf
on
and
a
turned
to
rest
working
them
told
him
parents
to
ear
he
take
but
kept
a
Anwar's
Anwar's
parents
told
him
to
take
a
rest
but
he
turned
a
deaf
ear
to
them
and
kept
on
working
4
0
/13
his
by
hidden
Unfortunately
water
hole
he
and
a
hit
bicycle
the
broke
Unfortunately
he
hit
a
hole
hidden
by
the
water
and
broke
his
bicycle
5
0
/19
in
had
books
bad
he
to
low
he
that
For
almost
lie
two
was
his
after
and
months
parent's
For
almost
two
months
after
that
he
was
in
his
parent's
bad
books
and
he
had
to
lie
low
6
0
/13
bicycle
was
able
business
booming
he
to
Fortunately
is
and
repair
his
now
Fortunately
he
was
able
to
repair
his
bicycle
and
now
business
is
booming
7
0
/10
night
he
Every
and
is
in
comes
he
home
all
Every
night
he
comes
home
and
he
is
all
in
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