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