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
1
0
/11
in
to
tonight
Jim
as
sitting
dinner
is
sits
he
pretty
Jim
is
sitting
pretty
tonight
as
he
sits
in
to
dinner
2
0
/17
he
Last
not
his
a
test
for
in
was
cold
he
mathematics
was
because
night
ready
sweat
Last
night
he
was
in
a
cold
sweat
because
he
was
not
ready
for
his
mathematics
test
3
0
/12
to
told
him
parts
His
friend
the
textbook
the
of
study
wrong
His
friend
told
him
to
study
the
wrong
parts
of
the
textbook
4
0
/9
Jim
eleven
last
mistake
at
the
pm
night
discovered
Jim
discovered
the
mistake
last
night
at
eleven
pm
5
0
/15
Jim
morning
nick
the
was
just
It
and
this
early
until
in
time
of
studied
It
was
just
in
the
nick
of
time
and
Jim
studied
until
early
this
morning
6
0
/21
make
the
the
for
mistake
discovery
now
him
friend
mickey
took
stupid
same
didn't
out
such
a
of
Jim
His
and
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
page
his
because
all
numbers
friend
his
laughed
down
his
the
backwards
thinking
at
he
head
He
them
writing
while
about
girlfriend
got
off
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
the
the
though
end
both
they
did
test
well
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