Sitting Pretty
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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0
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sitting
he
sits
Jim
to
is
dinner
as
tonight
in
pretty
Jim
is
sitting
pretty
tonight
as
he
sits
in
to
dinner
2
0
/17
night
he
in
was
ready
a
not
sweat
was
test
Last
because
cold
he
mathematics
for
his
Last
night
he
was
in
a
cold
sweat
because
he
was
not
ready
for
his
mathematics
test
3
0
/12
told
the
wrong
the
textbook
to
him
study
parts
of
friend
His
His
friend
told
him
to
study
the
wrong
parts
of
the
textbook
4
0
/9
at
Jim
mistake
discovered
last
pm
the
eleven
night
Jim
discovered
the
mistake
last
night
at
eleven
pm
5
0
/15
in
of
morning
Jim
the
It
early
was
nick
this
until
studied
time
just
and
It
was
just
in
the
nick
of
time
and
Jim
studied
until
early
this
morning
6
0
/21
discovery
didn't
such
out
mickey
now
friend
for
mistake
him
same
the
of
the
stupid
and
Jim
His
a
took
make
His
friend
didn't
make
the
same
discovery
and
now
Jim
took
the
mickey
out
of
him
for
such
a
stupid
mistake
7
0
/24
his
down
friend
all
He
while
laughed
off
head
girlfriend
he
the
his
got
thinking
them
page
his
about
numbers
because
writing
at
backwards
He
laughed
his
head
off
at
his
friend
because
he
got
all
the
page
numbers
backwards
writing
them
down
while
thinking
about
his
girlfriend
8
0
/11
In
both
the
test
they
on
did
well
though
end
the
In
the
end
they
both
did
well
on
the
test
though
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