Scent of an Angry Man
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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/10
angry
three
very
weeks
at
ago
his
nephew
Mustafah
was
Mustafah
was
very
angry
at
his
nephew
three
weeks
ago
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0
/18
he
earns
works
musk
civet
raising
cats
but
rich
and
is
decent
not
for
hard
a
Mustafah
income
Mustafah
works
hard
raising
civet
cats
for
musk
and
earns
a
decent
income
but
he
is
not
rich
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0
/15
with
nephew
his
one
got
and
night
University
friends
carried
at
His
drinking
studies
away
His
nephew
studies
at
University
and
got
carried
away
one
night
drinking
with
his
friends
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0
/18
of
lot
had
As
a
a
nephew
he
his
dozed
off
accident
damage
and
causing
home
drove
car
As
his
nephew
drove
home
he
dozed
off
and
had
a
car
accident
causing
a
lot
of
damage
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0
/18
damage
was
Mustafah
than
and
out
parents
for
to
pay
had
more
It
nephew
bail
his
his
could
It
was
more
damage
than
his
parents
could
pay
for
and
Mustafah
had
to
bail
his
nephew
out
6
0
/8
has
trouble
Now
he
his
paying
debts
own
Now
he
has
trouble
paying
his
own
debts
7
0
/8
problems
He
can't
away
knows
he
wish
his
He
knows
he
can't
wish
away
his
problems
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0
/22
brother
to
and
three
weeks
nephew
family
very
almost
adds
unhappy
his
Mustafah
not
has
up
talked
to
for
a
This
or
This
adds
up
to
a
very
unhappy
family
and
Mustafah
has
not
talked
to
his
brother
or
nephew
for
almost
three
weeks
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