Jakub's Love

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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girlfriend from letters to his Jakub read loves
Jakub loves to read letters from his girlfriend
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last asked she could if visit parents and stay In her letter house his come at she over
In her last letter she asked if she could come visit and stay over at his parents house
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up got his best a letters and There friend letter Miklos of her was mix
There was a mix up of letters and his best friend Miklos got her letter
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come to told her over and stay did and she Miklos
Miklos told her to come and stay over and she did
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It was to friend she house tried problem over a the was Jakub's upset because big take very and
It was a big problem because she tried to take over the house and Jakub's friend was very upset
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she He his tried why to a make up to about story parents came
He tried to make up a story to his parents about why she came
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very angry angry and parents and finally even to more away before got the Miklos had get They his girl got
They got very angry and finally Miklos and the girl had to get away before his parents got even more angry
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forward these every about problems fun later Jakub to looks much to are letter so Now laugh because
Now Jakub looks forward to every letter because these problems are so much fun to laugh about later
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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