All Dressed Up
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
/5
is
George
tonight
pretty
happy
George
is
pretty
happy
tonight
2
0
/22
He
to
friend
betting
with
cold
Al
come
was
to
poker
game
not
a
weekly
secretly
his
down
on
come
and
the
He
was
secretly
betting
on
his
friend
Al
to
come
down
with
a
cold
and
not
come
to
the
weekly
poker
game
3
0
/12
Al
George
comes
games
to
the
When
almost
picks
always
he
on
When
Al
comes
to
the
games
he
almost
always
picks
on
George
4
0
/16
angry
decisions
he
poker
makes
and
the
games
George
gets
and
Then
bad
emotional
so
loses
Then
George
gets
angry
and
emotional
and
makes
bad
decisions
so
he
loses
the
poker
games
5
0
/15
to
he
to
does
almost
goes
the
stay
because
games
always
in
Al
like
not
Al
almost
always
goes
to
the
games
because
he
does
not
like
to
stay
in
6
0
/15
down
Al
fast
get
with
did
a
to
cold
and
stayed
come
Tonight
in
better
Tonight
Al
did
come
down
with
a
cold
and
stayed
in
to
get
better
fast
7
0
/13
up
George
win
expects
dressed
evening's
games
poker
this
to
because
got
he
George
got
dressed
up
because
he
expects
to
win
this
evening's
poker
games
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