A Conference Too Big

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 test vocabulary and expressions fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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worried Jeremy is
Jeremy is worried
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up and online set for has a he has gamers conference a problem He
He has set up a conference for online gamers and he has a problem
Listen
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attendees expected about hundred He five
He expected about five hundred attendees
Listen
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accommodations on number as location sessions all the and set He based this such arrangements up
He set up all the arrangements such as location sessions and accommodations based on this number
Listen
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is people registered two attend have thousand The over to that problem
The problem is that over two thousand people have registered to attend
Listen
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them all He accommodate cannot
He cannot accommodate them all
Listen

Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how test vocabulary and expressions are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence