hurt (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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very gentle Davin is
Davin is very gentle
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fly He would a hurt never
He would never hurt a fly
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live live in believes and He let
He believes in live and let live
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too though was rough younger of the to even used he anybody he kids When hurt play never some
When he was younger too he never hurt anybody even though some of the kids used to play rough
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life hurt grownups peaceful his is is Now up grown he that each but other more sometimes of course still
Now that he is grown up of course his life is more peaceful but grownups still hurt each other sometimes
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like do lie cheat and bad things They
They do bad things like lie and cheat
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not Davin But
But not Davin
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thinks He just to other hurt wrong plain its people
He thinks its just plain wrong to hurt other people
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trust why people him much so That's
That's why people trust him so much
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do And him bad to things never they
And they never do bad things to him
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gets But sometimes he still hurt
But he still gets hurt sometimes
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the was racquetball a hit him the ear he playing weeks For instance ago ball and in few
For instance a few weeks ago he was playing racquetball and the ball hit him in the ear
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a few ear but it hurt days doctor not for a serious the had He was said
He had a hurt ear for a few days but the doctor said it was not serious
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will better get is now will again be hurt more even and he careful ear His not probably because he
His ear is better now and he probably will not get hurt again because he will be even more careful
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is But that is best thing he the gentle
But the best thing is that he is gentle
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by will means That hurt probably not people get he other
That means he will probably not get hurt by other people
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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