New Business

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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are business her a and Nasrin new starting mother textile
Nasrin and her mother are starting a new textile business
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in the red mouth Right a in the now are is they their down bit since business
Right now they are down in the mouth a bit since their business is in the red
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time as three bad has on been past product cannot and teething troubles It the over particularly their they delivered been the get having weather has months
It has been having teething troubles over the past three months as the weather has been particularly bad and they cannot get their product delivered on time
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she be go learning wall knows to experience one is it a to this will willing on Nasrin the because
Nasrin is willing to go to the wall on this one because she knows it will be a learning experience
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it can before ground the somehow that she get calling her off But she sure creditors is start
But somehow she is sure that she can get it off the ground before her creditors start calling
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is now Even much the not the on shipping very weather on that new depend discussing phone for do she arrangements
Even now she is on the phone discussing new arrangements for shipping that do not depend on the weather very much
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She still is optimistic
She is still optimistic
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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