eat (fast english)

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 natural speed speech fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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apples Sylvia to likes eat
Sylvia likes to eat apples
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She too sometimes many much she them eats likes so that
She likes them so much that sometimes she eats too many
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ate up instance apples father before and this fridge all breakfast her morning For she complained the in the about it
For instance this morning she ate up all the apples in the fridge before breakfast and her father complained about it
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apples sitting in all isn't healthy to one up the eat It
It isn't healthy to eat up all the apples in one sitting
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its And not family fair besides to the
And besides its not fair to the family
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don't I a piece want for of But to eat toast breakfast
But I don't want to eat a piece of toast for breakfast
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dry too It's
It's too dry
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orange he Then have an suggested
Then have an orange he suggested
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wanted sick her just He get not diet to a eat healthy and
He just wanted her to eat a healthy diet and not get sick
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breakfast for wanted to also apple an He eat
He also wanted to eat an apple for breakfast
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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 natural speed speech 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