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