Small Cruise Vacations

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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for people runs Ming cruise small wealthy a ship young
Ming runs a small cruise ship for wealthy young people
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work forward give giving vacation and his He can his the he loves looks customers to best
He loves his work and looks forward to giving his customers the best vacation he can give
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is he He has an excellent proud which reputation of
He has an excellent reputation which he is proud of
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have staff bring is down reputation will that reputation since his he His also cannot difficult
His reputation is also difficult since he cannot have staff that will bring his reputation down
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four that leaders least good proof He are have at requires references them and they to
He requires them to have at least four references and proof that they are good leaders
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that aid also requires have they training He first
He also requires that they have first aid training
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checks certificates first the dates on He aid their
He checks the dates on their first aid certificates
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he expires to them a pay recertified for If has certificate get to
If a certificate expires he has to pay for them to get recertified
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but his a and managing it people way customers is difficult always challenging and finds Ming does and work fun he safe in
Ming finds his work difficult but managing people and customers is fun and challenging and he always does it in a safe way
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excellent That's such he reputation why an has
That's why he has such an excellent reputation
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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