A Joint Venture
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 common phrasal verbs fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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0
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Tasker
is
for
Herb
oil
looking
Herb
Tasker
is
looking
for
oil
2
0
/20
north
in
joined
oil
the
another
oil
Great
to
with
Energy
for
His
look
up
company
drilling
North
company
Inc
His
company
Great
North
Energy
Inc
joined
up
with
another
oil
drilling
company
to
look
for
oil
in
the
north
3
0
/12
a
his
with
He
company
was
looking
for
that
up
company
matched
He
was
looking
for
a
company
that
matched
up
with
his
company
4
0
/15
getting
so
many
could
because
frustrated
He
was
that
not
companies
trust
there
he
were
He
was
getting
frustrated
because
there
were
so
many
companies
that
he
could
not
trust
5
0
/22
executive
felt
stressed
when
He
the
assistant
and
day
was
good
his
no
lashed
out
companies
at
assistant
there
were
one
suggesting
He
felt
stressed
and
one
day
lashed
out
at
his
executive
assistant
when
the
assistant
was
suggesting
there
were
no
good
companies
6
0
/13
A
he
to
apologised
and
began
with
up
assistant
open
his
day
later
A
day
later
he
apologised
and
began
to
open
up
with
his
assistant
7
0
/14
this
company
they
very
a
for
found
venture
drilling
up
Then
good
joined
and
Then
they
found
a
very
good
company
and
joined
up
for
this
drilling
venture
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0
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Herb
are
will
his
off
and
north
so
nod
lunch
looking
is
might
for
with
the
just
bit
what
that
team
a
find
they
confident
in
after
Now
he
he
they
feels
Now
Herb
is
in
the
north
with
his
team
and
he
feels
so
confident
they
will
find
what
they
are
looking
for
that
he
might
just
nod
off
a
bit
after
lunch
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 common phrasal verbs 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