Inspection Time
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 idiomatic expressions fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
1
0
/10
Mandler
specimen
runs
Jerry
the
for
university
local
collection
her
Jerry
Mandler
runs
the
specimen
collection
for
her
local
university
2
0
/7
thousands
track
of
She
speciments
of
keeps
She
keeps
track
of
thousands
of
speciments
3
0
/12
would
boss
do
inspection
he
One
her
month
ago
told
an
her
One
month
ago
her
boss
told
her
he
would
do
an
inspection
4
0
/21
cleaning
the
back
so
been
on
had
had
she
She
specimens
been
the
that
new
specimens
burner
felt
recording
put
busy
She
felt
she
had
been
so
busy
recording
new
specimens
that
cleaning
the
specimens
had
been
put
on
the
back
burner
5
0
/20
feels
clean
but
and
she
time
foot
has
the
bill
assistant
one
she
an
no
will
no
wants
Now
to
Now
she
feels
she
has
no
time
to
clean
and
wants
an
assistant
but
no
one
will
foot
the
bill
6
0
/15
she
clean
work
Everyday
dawn
to
up
to
the
to
gets
of
crack
at
come
Everyday
she
gets
up
at
the
crack
of
dawn
to
come
to
work
to
clean
7
0
/17
said
head
the
should
on
the
she
cleaning
hit
Her
been
have
he
boss
nail
and
continuously
Her
boss
said
she
should
have
been
cleaning
continuously
and
he
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
8
0
/10
inspection
she's
nerves
a
the
of
waiting
for
Now
bundle
Now
she's
a
bundle
of
nerves
waiting
for
the
inspection
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 idiomatic expressions 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