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