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