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