Word Ordering
Word Ordering exercises require respondents to rearrange given sentence parts to make a grammatically correct sentence or phrase.
For example: Unscramble the words in parentheses to complete the sentence.
(9:O0 / I'm / store / at / going / the / to).
(The correct response is I'm going to the store at 9:00.)
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ACTIVITIES:
1. Unscramble the words in parentheses to complete the dialogue.
Carol: What's the Dominican Republic like?
Bernice: (a / country / it / very / beautiful / is) (1)____________________________________. It has miles and miles of beaches.
Carol: What's the capital of the Dominican Republic?
Bernice: Santo Domingo.
Carol: (like / the / what / capital / is) (2)___________________________________________.
Bernice: Well, (very / is / city / it / big /
a) (3)_______________________________________.
It's very crowded, but (clean / it / quite / is)
(4)_____________________________________.
Carol: And (the / how / is / inflation / high) (5)______________________________________?
Bernice: (fairly / it / high / is) (6)_________________________________________________.
Carol: And the people? (they / like / are / what) (7)__________________________________?
Bernice: (people / are / Dominicans / friendly
/ pretty) (8)______________________________.
They're always ready to help you.
Carol: Of course they are, if they're like you! Well, really, is it a good place for me to go on my vacation?
Bernice: You'll love it there. (place / is /
very / a / it / interesting) (9)_____________________.
You're adventurous. Take a chance. Go there and see!
Badalamenti, V. and Henner-Stanchina, C. (1993). Grammar Dimensions, Book One.
2. Rearrange these words to make correct sentences.
1. headache / for / are / going / take / aspirin / your / you / to / some?
_________________________________________________________
2. to / I / some / get / rest / am / going / dizzy / feel / I / because
_________________________________________________________
3. an / the / to / him / injection / going / nurse / isn't / give.
_________________________________________________________
4. going / flu / year / get / shots / aren't / they / to / this.
_________________________________________________________
5. going / vitamin / take / you / C / to / are / why?
_________________________________________________________
6. massage / backache / going / has / get / is / to / she / a / because / she / a.
_________________________________________________________
7. are / after / knee / when / going / look / you / to / your / sore?
_________________________________________________________
8. patient / operation / have / to / is / going / the / an?
_________________________________________________________
McKay, I. (1996). Grammar Strand 1.
3. Imagine that a friend of yours is going to enroll in your school for the first time next semester and is planning to take some of the courses you are taking now. Below, in scrambled form, are some of the questions your friend might want to ask you about classroom and library procedures. First, unscramble the questions. Then provide answers. Use the pronoun form in your answers.
1. how often / teachers / do / homework / assignments / hand out / ?
How often do teachers hand out homework assignments?
Many teachers hand them out every day.
2. students / at the beginning of class / their work / do / or / hand in / at the end of class?
3. their work / what happens / students / on time / don't turn in / when?
4. many teachers / do / to read over / ask you / your assignments / you / before / hand them in?
5. usually have / a few minutes / at the end of class / the next day's assignment / to look over / do you / and / about it / ask questions?
6. mistakes / cross out / of your papers / can you on the final copy?
7. the teachers / do / hand back / with corrections assignments?
8. supposed to / are you / all / on tests / the answers / fill in?
9. make up / can you / missing work / you are / absent / if?
10. do / over / assignments / can / you / your grade to improve?
11. have to / a form / fill out / a library card / to get do you?
12. books / students / take out / can / how many / at one time?
13. you / can / dictionaries / check out?
14. took out / a book / today /, would I / have to / bring back / when?
Knepler, M. (1990). Grammar with a Purpose.
4. Put the words in these sentences in the correct order.
1. a / is / . / Tom / teacher
Tom is a teacher.
2. student / I / am / . / a _________________________________________________
3. is / She / . / housewife / a _____________________________________________
4. Kim / students / are / . / and / Teresa ____________________________________
5. police officer / a / Ken / . / is __________________________________________
6. . / Patty / a / is / nurse ________________________________________________
7. students / . / are / We ________________________________________________
Foley, B. and Dowling, G. (1990). Grammar in Action, Book One.
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