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