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