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