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