Characteristic Weakness

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 test vocabulary and expressions fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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agency works for an insurance Lee
Lee works for an insurance agency
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is insurance His of shipping expertise area
His area of expertise is shipping insurance
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at on to accidents due sea from They the manning bad causes ships many for cover inadequate vessel to weather
They cover ships for accidents at sea due to many causes from bad weather to inadequate manning on the vessel
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covers companies to he always has help researches he the assistants two Lee and him
Lee always researches the companies he covers and he has two assistants to help him
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then to them is him characteristic to himself for ask and do something It do it
It is characteristic for him to ask them to do something and then do it himself
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that it and implies It he not them they does sense trust
It implies that he does not trust them and they sense it
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enjoys Lee he but himself is work office that trust creates much them which he it so because his bad unfortunate climate does This too an does
This creates an unfortunate office climate which is too bad because Lee does trust them but he enjoys his work so much that he does it himself
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people about to managing lot He has a learn
He has a lot to learn about managing people
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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 test vocabulary and 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