Highway Garden
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
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the
money
life
had
bleak
Without
Anna
she
needed
to
get
out
of
way
her
no
Without
the
money
she
needed
Anna
had
no
way
to
get
out
of
her
bleak
life
2
0
/14
turned
interview
enough
job
They
at
training
she
her
saying
didn't
have
the
down
They
turned
her
down
at
the
job
interview
saying
she
didn't
have
enough
training
3
0
/18
do
knew
And
that
a
she
worked
for
women
than
could
job
company
Anna
better
the
other
who
And
Anna
knew
she
could
do
a
better
job
than
the
other
women
who
worked
for
that
company
4
0
/23
let
get
saying
she
her
the
he
was
and
by
when
The
her
husband
training
for
part
down
worst
asked
no
money
to
The
worst
part
was
when
she
asked
her
husband
for
the
money
to
get
training
and
he
let
her
down
by
saying
no
5
0
/10
that
get
over
knew
problem
she
this
But
could
she
But
she
knew
that
she
could
get
over
this
problem
6
0
/17
do
get
for
was
training
way
her
out
to
All
she
figure
had
a
the
money
to
All
she
had
to
do
was
figure
out
a
way
to
get
the
money
for
her
training
7
0
/14
Now
on
she
land
freeway
plot
a
under
growing
is
of
vegetables
the
small
Now
she
is
growing
vegetables
on
a
small
plot
of
land
under
the
freeway
8
0
/15
the
for
She
sells
them
saves
market
Saturday
and
her
money
the
on
in
training
She
sells
them
in
the
market
on
Saturday
and
saves
the
money
for
her
training
9
0
/6
great
solver
She
a
is
problem
She
is
a
great
problem
solver
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