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