Longing For Equality
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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difficult
things
that
in
Africa
Craig
his
friends
told
were
southern
Craig
told
his
friends
that
things
were
difficult
in
southern
Africa
2
0
/17
volunteer
in
to
help
now
wants
a
children
Africa
used
Craig
there
and
work
he
to
as
Craig
used
to
work
there
as
a
volunteer
and
now
he
wants
to
help
children
in
Africa
3
0
/14
He
to
through
friends
Unicef
support
in
a
to
foster
chip
asked
his
child
He
asked
his
friends
to
chip
in
to
support
a
foster
child
through
Unicef
4
0
/10
one
friends
his
He
has
up
by
phoning
one
been
He
has
been
phoning
his
friends
up
one
by
one
5
0
/22
hard
told
economic
are
won't
new
for
level
Africa
a
very
problems
time
off
He
that
the
long
and
they
on
them
He
told
them
that
the
new
economic
problems
are
very
hard
on
Africa
and
they
won't
level
off
for
a
long
time
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0
/13
holding
out
him
friends
He
in
help
ten
for
to
by
chipping
is
He
is
holding
out
for
ten
friends
to
help
him
by
chipping
in
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0
/16
are
idealist
fair
all
people
and
is
for
where
world
equal
Craig
longs
an
he
a
Craig
is
an
idealist
and
he
longs
for
a
fair
world
where
all
people
are
equal
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