Feeling Invisible

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
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with lunch Maurice almost a friends with is Having ritual
Having lunch with friends is almost a ritual with Maurice
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on one of dropped few the ago cranes load while A a docks the near weeks working Maurice
A few weeks ago while working on the docks one of the cranes dropped a load near Maurice
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the water him It the burst hit and knocking Maurice into contents
It burst and the contents hit Maurice knocking him into the water
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out in first the friends he he dry off tried they when lifted cried pain out him dock from pain onto but him to his the At passed as
At first he cried out in pain as his friends lifted him onto the dock but when they tried to dry him off he passed out from the pain
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money He fork to over a bills had that lot of medical in after
He had to fork over a lot of money in medical bills after that
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man he the He angry so and mistake who even the talk man was the knows couldn't to made
He knows the man who made the mistake and was so angry he couldn't even talk to the man
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through man time he looks every that Now he right sees him just
Now every time he sees that man he just looks right through him
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has of lunch man He that with course never
He never has lunch with that man of course
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how common phrasal verbs are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence