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