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