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