Samuel's Good Books

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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Samuel loves kids with work to
Samuel loves to work with kids
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the kids He he children particularly it and is with a good him lot love because hangs out at
He is particularly good at it because he hangs out with children a lot and the kids love him
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girl's noticed one a At party with Samuel running boy day one bubble a toy
At a bubble party one day Samuel noticed one boy running with a girl's toy
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These things him just out jump at kind of
These kind of things just jump out at him
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both bubbles slippery started over and crying the they Of in course fell
Of course they both fell over in the slippery bubbles and started crying
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the them toy give boy and made bubbles running back the the Samuel dressed in down both for
Samuel dressed them both down for running in the bubbles and made the boy give the toy back
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over apologised themselves to falling they Samuel help were They after and soon
They apologised and soon after they were falling over themselves to help Samuel
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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