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
1
0
/6
is
Tasker
oil
Herb
looking
for
Herb
Tasker
is
looking
for
oil
2
0
/20
His
company
with
the
Great
up
company
North
look
joined
north
to
in
another
for
oil
oil
Energy
drilling
Inc
His
company
Great
North
Energy
Inc
joined
up
with
another
oil
drilling
company
to
look
for
oil
in
the
north
3
0
/12
with
a
company
company
for
his
that
up
matched
He
looking
was
He
was
looking
for
a
company
that
matched
up
with
his
company
4
0
/15
that
He
he
trust
was
because
frustrated
getting
were
many
companies
not
so
could
there
He
was
getting
frustrated
because
there
were
so
many
companies
that
he
could
not
trust
5
0
/22
lashed
He
good
out
stressed
the
assistant
were
one
executive
when
day
there
companies
was
felt
his
suggesting
no
and
at
assistant
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
day
apologised
to
his
assistant
began
A
and
he
open
later
up
with
A
day
later
he
apologised
and
began
to
open
up
with
his
assistant
7
0
/14
very
company
for
this
good
venture
Then
up
they
drilling
joined
a
found
and
Then
they
found
a
very
good
company
and
joined
up
for
this
drilling
venture
8
0
/32
so
for
a
looking
Herb
that
his
nod
bit
he
Now
after
just
north
team
and
with
find
he
they
confident
lunch
what
is
off
in
are
might
feels
the
will
they
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