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