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