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