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