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
1
0
/10
Having
Maurice
ritual
friends
a
with
with
is
lunch
almost
Having
lunch
with
friends
is
almost
a
ritual
with
Maurice
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0
/18
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
3
0
/12
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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0
/29
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
5
0
/14
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
6
0
/19
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
7
0
/13
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
8
0
/9
of
that
man
has
He
course
with
never
lunch
He
never
has
lunch
with
that
man
of
course
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