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