A Feast of Woe
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 common phrasal verbs fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
1
0
/7
is
in
these
days
Jafar
thought
deep
Jafar
is
deep
in
thought
these
days
2
0
/19
while
months
ago
Two
was
feast
soccer
big
client
with
they
of
a
watched
game
a
a
partaking
he
Two
months
ago
while
he
was
partaking
of
a
feast
with
a
client
they
watched
a
big
soccer
game
3
0
/13
quiet
for
teams
rooting
the
one
client
was
was
of
Jafar
The
and
The
client
was
quiet
and
Jafar
was
rooting
for
one
of
the
teams
4
0
/15
the
his
He
because
was
up
however
for
quiet
messed
team
client
other
rooting
secretly
He
messed
up
however
because
his
quiet
client
was
secretly
rooting
for
the
other
team
5
0
/18
later
client
to
A
Jafar
laid
his
different
because
few
days
off
a
took
was
business
the
company
A
few
days
later
Jafar
was
laid
off
because
the
client
took
his
business
to
a
different
company
6
0
/13
to
up
work
still
but
the
Jafar
he
out
owned
is
of
mistake
Jafar
owned
up
to
the
mistake
but
he
is
still
out
of
work
7
0
/18
own
can
and
honour
how
he
thinking
to
family
his
business
start
is
about
he
his
restore
Now
Now
he
is
thinking
about
how
he
can
start
his
own
business
and
restore
honour
to
his
family
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 common phrasal verbs 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