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