fight (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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off sleep keep to Terry studying to had fight
Terry had to fight off sleep to keep studying
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big ready still he and test Tomorrow was the feel didn't
Tomorrow was the big test and he still didn't feel ready
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his body though infection had another problem an off He had fight to
He had another problem though his body had to fight off an infection
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yet slowly getting but he it was know didn't sick He
He was slowly getting sick but he didn't know it yet
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to that attacker is against there not you It an difficult know is even fight do
It is difficult to fight against an attacker that you do not even know is there
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should did have feel early sick but infection gone against Terry to he to sleep not fight this yet
Terry should have gone to sleep early to fight against this infection but he did not feel sick yet
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to test he on the well his wanted fight studies on just He do could in so
He just wanted to fight on in his studies so he could do well on the test
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was but not already ready it he He the did for test know
He did not know it but he was ready for the test already
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his just test after worse hours few the in a body fever infection would even start the And a
And even worse just a few hours after the test the infection would start a fever in his body
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could But it too strong and he was young test he fight and the after
But he was young and strong and he could fight it too after the test
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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