Task 1: Build a Sentence

Ten short items open the Writing section: read a context line and arrange scrambled words into a correct, natural response sentence. It looks simple — it is a pure test of English word order and grammar under time pressure.

1. Task explanation

Each item gives you a situation or a line of dialogue and a set of words. You click/drag them into the ONE order that makes a grammatical sentence answering the context. Roughly 30-45 seconds per item across the set.

2. What is being evaluated

3. Step-by-step method

4. Planning strategy

No writing plan applies — the plan is grammatical reflexes. Training with the sets below builds exactly the patterns the test recycles (embedded questions and adverb placement are the classic traps).

5. Organization

Sentence-internal: think in the SVOMPT skeleton from the grammar course (Subject-Verb-Object-Manner-Place-Time).

6. Useful language

Fixed patterns worth owning: 'Would you like me to…?', 'I was wondering if…', '…hasn't it?', question tags, and reported-speech backshift ('He asked where the library was').

7. Common mistakes

8-10. Worked examples

Every practice item carries a grammar note explaining its pattern — work the sets and read each note; together they are the worked-example library for this task.

11-13. Timed practice sets

Build a Sentence

Sentence Set 1

10 sentences to build by clicking words in order — instant checking.

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Build a Sentence

Sentence Set 2

10 sentences to build by clicking words in order — instant checking.

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Build a Sentence

Sentence Set 3

10 sentences to build by clicking words in order — instant checking.

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Build a Sentence

Sentence Set 4

10 sentences to build by clicking words in order — instant checking.

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Self-evaluation checklist — the 10-point review

Automated checks on this page (length, variety, linking words) are practice feedback only — not an official TOEFL score.