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