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