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