A Joint Venture
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 common phrasal verbs fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
1
0
/6
for
oil
is
looking
Herb
Tasker
Herb
Tasker
is
looking
for
oil
2
0
/20
Energy
His
in
company
company
up
oil
Inc
for
joined
look
Great
another
with
north
the
oil
drilling
North
to
His
company
Great
North
Energy
Inc
joined
up
with
another
oil
drilling
company
to
look
for
oil
in
the
north
3
0
/12
that
looking
for
He
matched
a
with
was
company
up
company
his
He
was
looking
for
a
company
that
matched
up
with
his
company
4
0
/15
was
there
frustrated
were
could
because
many
He
he
getting
that
not
trust
so
companies
He
was
getting
frustrated
because
there
were
so
many
companies
that
he
could
not
trust
5
0
/22
and
stressed
at
assistant
companies
no
one
good
day
there
were
He
felt
when
assistant
lashed
the
was
out
his
suggesting
executive
He
felt
stressed
and
one
day
lashed
out
at
his
executive
assistant
when
the
assistant
was
suggesting
there
were
no
good
companies
6
0
/13
to
A
his
assistant
and
he
with
began
open
day
apologised
up
later
A
day
later
he
apologised
and
began
to
open
up
with
his
assistant
7
0
/14
venture
Then
good
and
drilling
up
a
very
found
they
company
for
this
joined
Then
they
found
a
very
good
company
and
joined
up
for
this
drilling
venture
8
0
/32
is
the
feels
a
north
and
team
he
bit
looking
that
off
after
will
they
confident
nod
for
might
find
Herb
Now
are
what
lunch
his
in
so
he
with
they
just
Now
Herb
is
in
the
north
with
his
team
and
he
feels
so
confident
they
will
find
what
they
are
looking
for
that
he
might
just
nod
off
a
bit
after
lunch
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 common phrasal verbs 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