Inspection Time
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 idiomatic expressions fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
1
0
/10
Mandler
specimen
collection
university
the
Jerry
runs
for
her
local
Jerry
Mandler
runs
the
specimen
collection
for
her
local
university
2
0
/7
of
of
She
speciments
track
thousands
keeps
She
keeps
track
of
thousands
of
speciments
3
0
/12
her
One
would
he
her
an
do
told
ago
month
inspection
boss
One
month
ago
her
boss
told
her
he
would
do
an
inspection
4
0
/21
the
specimens
cleaning
that
put
the
burner
recording
had
had
been
so
She
busy
new
been
on
she
felt
specimens
back
She
felt
she
had
been
so
busy
recording
new
specimens
that
cleaning
the
specimens
had
been
put
on
the
back
burner
5
0
/20
bill
will
she
an
time
clean
to
she
the
no
wants
but
feels
assistant
and
foot
Now
no
one
has
Now
she
feels
she
has
no
time
to
clean
and
wants
an
assistant
but
no
one
will
foot
the
bill
6
0
/15
come
work
clean
to
of
to
gets
crack
she
the
up
at
dawn
to
Everyday
Everyday
she
gets
up
at
the
crack
of
dawn
to
come
to
work
to
clean
7
0
/17
on
been
should
and
cleaning
head
the
he
she
Her
nail
continuously
the
boss
hit
have
said
Her
boss
said
she
should
have
been
cleaning
continuously
and
he
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
8
0
/10
a
inspection
the
of
for
bundle
Now
she's
waiting
nerves
Now
she's
a
bundle
of
nerves
waiting
for
the
inspection
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 idiomatic expressions 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