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