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