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