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