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