Small Cruise Vacations

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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for wealthy runs ship people small cruise Ming a young
Ming runs a small cruise ship for wealthy young people
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loves looks give work his forward and giving to his customers can the He vacation best he
He loves his work and looks forward to giving his customers the best vacation he can give
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excellent an which of He proud he is reputation has
He has an excellent reputation which he is proud of
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cannot is also have reputation that his will staff down bring he difficult reputation since His
His reputation is also difficult since he cannot have staff that will bring his reputation down
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they have them are four good at proof references to that He and leaders requires least
He requires them to have at least four references and proof that they are good leaders
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training He that first have requires aid they also
He also requires that they have first aid training
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first certificates on He the dates aid their checks
He checks the dates on their first aid certificates
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pay recertified he has get a If expires them to to certificate for
If a certificate expires he has to pay for them to get recertified
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always it fun and work and in is Ming he way but finds does managing people his a safe difficult and customers challenging
Ming finds his work difficult but managing people and customers is fun and challenging and he always does it in a safe way
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That's he an excellent reputation has such why
That's why he has such an excellent reputation
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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